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

Table 7

Relationship between DLN and LLNM.

	DLN-positive	DLN-negative	value
LLNM			0.045
Yes	31 (93.9)	9 (69.2)
No	2 (6.1)	4 (30.8)
No. of LLNM
Mean ± SD	6.23 ± 4.50	3.89 ± 2.09	0.142

DLN, Delphian lymph node; LLNM, lateral lymph node metastasis; SD, standard deviation; No., number.