Research Article

A Comparison of Two Operation Methods Revealed the Risk Factors and the Necessity of LN-prRLN Dissection in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study in FUSCC

Table 6

Location of recurrence.

VariablesGroup AGroup B value
(N = 6)(N = 29)

Contralateral thyroid lobe1 (16.67%)3 (10.34%)0.448
Central compartment2 (33.33%)10 (34.48%)

LN-prRLN0 (0%)4 (13.79%)0.515
Others2 (33.33%)6 (20.69%)

Lateral compartment3 (50.0%)16 (55.14%)1.000