Clinicopathologic factors and preoperative ultrasonographic characteristics for predicting

Jiwang Liang's retrospective study analyzes data from 599 papillary thyroid microcarcinoma patients who underwent surgery from 2005 to 2017 at a single institution. The dataset includes clinicopathologic factors and preoperative sonographic characteristics used to predict central lymph node metastasis, which had an incidence of 22.4%. A nomogram was developed based on identified risk factors to aid surgical decision-making.

Use Cases

• Predicting central lymph node metastasis based on patient demographic factors like gender and age.
• Identifying sonographic risk patterns for metastasis based on nodule shape, margin, and calcification.
• Building a clinical decision-support tool using the described nomogram for surgical planning.
• Analyzing the association between extrathyroidal invasion, multifocality, and lateral lymph node metastasis with central metastasis.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 599 patient records from a 12-year period (2005-2017).
• Analysis identified specific, statistically significant risk factors (e.g., male gender, younger age, irregular nodule shape).
• The study developed a nomogram with demonstrated clinical utility for prediction.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single institution, which may reflect geographic or institutional bias.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Jiwang Liang

Collection Method

Retrospective review of patient records at a single institution.

Time Range

2005 to 2017