Nomogram model based on preoperative clinical characteristics of unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma to predict contralateral medium-volume central lymph node metastasis
Fan Wu,
Kaiyuan Huang,
Xuanwei Huang
et al.
Abstract:ObjectivesTo explore the preoperative high-risk clinical factors for contralateral medium-volume central lymph node metastasis (conMVCLNM) in unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma (uPTC) and the indications for dissection of contralateral central lymph nodes (conCLN).MethodsClinical and pathological data of 204 uPTC patients who underwent thyroid surgery at the Hangzhou First People’s Hospital from September 2010 to October 2022 were collected. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were con… Show more
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