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Table 6 Central lymph node status on final pathology of unilateral cN1a PTC patients

From: Is total thyroidectomy with bilateral central neck dissection the only surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma patients with clinically involved central nodes?

Node status

N = 106 n (%)

≤ 5 pN1micrometastasis + < 0.2 cm in largest dimension or pN0

33 (31.1%)

> 5 pN1micrometastasis + < 0.2 cm in largest dimension

1 (0.9%)

≤ 5 pN1micrometastasis + ≥ 0.2 cm in largest dimension

47 (44.3%)

> 5 pN1micrometastasis + ≥ 0.2 cm in largest dimension

25 (23.7%)

  1. PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma, n number, pN0 no central lymph node metastasis in final pathology, pN1a pathologically-proven central lymph node metastasis, cN1a clinically involved central lymph node
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