Thyroidectomy and Lymph Node Dissection in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 3

Relationship between metastasis to the central and lateral compartments in 3940 patients.

		Lateral node metastasis (%)
		Negative	Positive	Total
Central node; metastasis (%)	Negative	21	11	32
	Positive	15	53	68
		36	64	100