Patterns of Cervical Lymph Node Metastases in Primary and Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Table 1

Surgical and nonsurgical treatments of patients in the recurrent group prior to undergoing a secondary lateral neck dissection.

	𝑁=28 (%)
Partial thyroidectomy	1 (3.6%)
Total thyroidectomy	9 (32%)
Subtotal thyroidectomy + Level VI	1 (3.6%)
Total thyroidectomy + Level VI	8 (28.6%)
Total thyroidectomy + LND*
Ipsilateral**	1 (3.6%)
Contralateral^+	3 (10.7%)
Total thyroidectomy + LND*+ Level VI
Ipsilateral**	1 (3.6%)
Contralateral^+	2 (7.1%)
Radioactive iodine (I-131)	26 (93%)

*Lateral neck dissection.
⁺Of the 5 patients who had previously undergone a contralateral neck dissection, 3 were performed at GUH and 2 were performed at outside institutions.
**Of the 2 patients who had previously undergone an ipsilateral neck dissection, both were performed at outside institutions.