22 December 2020 : Clinical Research
Comparison of Outcomes Following Thyroid Isthmusectomy, Unilateral Thyroid Lobectomy, and Total Thyroidectomy in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid Isthmus: A Retrospective Study at a Single Center
Zhiqiang Gui1ABCDEF, Zhihong Wang1AG*, Jingzhe Xiang1C, Wei Sun1ACDG, Liang He1A, Wenwu Dong1A, Jiapeng Huang1A, Dalin Zhang1A, Chengzhou Lv1A, Yuan Qin1A, Ting Zhang1A, Liang Shao1A, Ping Zhang1A, Hao Zhang1ADOI: 10.12659/MSM.927407
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927407
Table 2 Comparison of clinicopathological features between PTMC* of the thyroid isthmus and papillary thyroid carcinoma >10 mm.
| ≤10 mm (n=29) | >10 mm (n=41) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Females | 26 (89.7%) | 37 (90.2%) | 1.000 |
| Males | 3 (10.3%) | 4 (9.8%) | ||
| Age | <55 years | 20 (69.0%) | 34 (82.9%) | 0.171 |
| ≥55 years | 9 (31.0%) | 7 (17.1%) | ||
| Lymph-node metastasis | Yes | 3 (10.3%) | 14 (34.1%) | 0.022 |
| No | 26 (89.7%) | 27 (65.9%) | ||
| Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | Yes | 8 (27.6%) | 10 (24.4%) | 0.763 |
| No | 21 (72.4%) | 31 (75.6%) | ||
| Recurrence | Yes | 1 (3.4%) | 1 (2.4%) | 1.000 |
| No | 28 (96.6%) | 40 (97.6%) | ||
| Extrathyroidal extension | Yes | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (14.6%) | 0.038 |
| No | 29 (100.0%) | 35 (85.4%) | ||
| * PTMC – papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. | ||||