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

Table 2

Comparison of nodal positivity in the primary and recurrent cases. n represents the number of overall specific neck levels dissected.

Neck level (n)	Primary group	Recurrent group	P value
I (14)	0%	3.4%	0.62
II (55)	50%	41%	0.30
III (57)	57%	62%	0.87
IV (57)	46%	76%	0.05
V (43)	21%	24%	0.76