Analysis of the Clinical Value of Delphian Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 6

Ipsilateral and contralateral CLNM in 68 unilateral PTC patients with total thyroidectomy and bilateral CLND.

CLNM	DLN-positive n (%)	DLN-negative n (%)	value
Ipsilateral			<0.001
Yes	19 (95.0)	10 (20.8)
No	1 (5.0)	38 (79.2)
Contralateral			<0.001
Yes	10 (50.0)	3 (6.3)
No	10 (50.0)	45 (93.8)

DLN, Delphian lymph node; CLNM, central lymph node metastasis; CLND, central lymph node dissection; PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma.