Research Article
Analysis of the Clinical Value of Delphian Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
| | | DLN-positive | DLN-negative | Total | P value |
| | CLNM in cN0 PTC n (%) | | CLNM | | | | <0.001 | | Yes | 36 (73.5) | 98 (26.6) | 134 (32.1) | | | No | 13 (26.5) | 271 (73.4) | 284 (67.9) | | | T stage | | | | 0.011 | | T1/T2 | 40 (81.6) | 344 (93.2) | 384 (91.9) | | | T3/T4 | 9 (18.4) | 25 (6.8) | 34 (8.1) | |
| | CLNM in l cN + PTC n (%) | | CLNM | | | | <0.001 | | Yes | 53 (93.0) | 26 (55.3) | 79 (76.0) | | | No | 4 (7.0) | 21 (44.7) | 25 (24.0) | | | T stage | | | | 0.900 | | T1/T2 | 48 (84.2) | 40 (85.1) | 88 (84.6) | | | T3/T4 | 9 (15.8) | 7 (14.9) | 16 (15.4) | |
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DLN, Delphian lymph node; CLNM, central lymph node metastasis.
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