Pattern and Risk Factors of Central Compartment Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Prospective Study from an Endocrine Surgery Centre

Table 1

Demographic profile of the patients; 𝑛=47 (% age).

Mean age ± SD (range) years	35.79 ± 12.65 (9–69)
Age group
(i) ≤45 years	40 (85.1)
(ii) >45 years	7 (14.9)
Sex (male : female)	31 : 16
Clinical presentation
(i) Solitary thyroid nodule	42 (89.4)
(ii) Multinodular goiter (MNG)	2 (4.3)
(iii) MNG with dominant nodule	3 (6.4)
Occult papillary thyroid cancer	4 (8.5
Functional status
(i) Euthyroid	41 (87.2)
(ii) Hypothyroid	6 (12.8)
Clinical nodal staging (TNM-classification)
(i) cN0	29 (61.7)
(ii) cN1b	18 (38.3)
Surgical procedure
(i) TT + B/L CCD	28 (59.6)
(ii) TT + B/L CCD + U/L MRND	13 (27.7)
(iii) TT + B/L CCD + B/L MRND	4 (8.5)
(iv) TT + U/L CCD + U/L MRND	2 (4.3)