Fine-Needle Pricking Test of the Parathyroid Gland during Thyroid Surgery in Predicting Parathyroid Function

Table 1

Demographic and clinical details of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy plus central neck dissection.

	No. of patients (n = 608)
Age (years)	43.0 (12.3)
Sex ratio (M : F)	162 : 446
Tumor size on histology (cm)†	0.90 (0.20–6.00)
Overall lymph node yield in CND†
Retrieved	13.0 (2.0–58.0)
Metastatic	1.0 (0.0–47.0)
Central neck lymph node metastases (n (%))	375 (61.7%)
Indication for surgery
Papillary thyroid carcinoma	599
Medullary thyroid carcinoma	6
Follicular thyroid carcinoma	2
Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma	1
Extent of surgery
Total thyroidectomy + ipsilateral central neck dissection	184
Total thyroidecomy + bilateral central neck dissection	252
Total thyroidectomy + ipsilateral central and lateral neck dissection	12
Total thyroidectomy + bilateral central + ipsilateral lateral neck dissection	138
Total thyroidectomy + bilateral central and lateral neck dissection	22

Values are mean (standard deviation) and ^†median (range). CND, central neck dissection.