Predictors of Regional Lymph Node Recurrence after Initial Thyroidectomy in Patients with Thyroid Cancer

Table 2

Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics.

Characteristics	Count (%)
Goiter
Single	36 (23.1%)
Multinodular	120 (76.9%)
T
T1	61 (17.8%)
T2	22 (6.4%)
T3	195 (56.9%)
T4a	43 (12.5%)
T4b	22 (6.4%)
N
Nx	126 (36.7%)
N0	31 (9.0%)
N1a	30 (8.7%)
N1b	156 (45.5%)
M
Mx or M0	331 (96.5%)
M1	12 (3.5%)
Capsular invasion
No	38 (39.6%)
Yes	58 (60.4%)
Vascular invasion
No	125 (83.9%)
Yes	24 (16.1%)
Perineural invasion
No	25 (78.1%)
Yes	7 (21.9%)
Lymph node metastasis (LNM)
No LNM	65 (27.5%)
LNM at initial presentation	54 (22.9%)
Regional lymph node recurrence	117 (49.6%)