With the prolongation of the recovery time, the PTH concentrations on the grafted side and the non-grafted side showed an increasing trend at all postoperative time points, as shown in ( Table 4 ). 3.5 Comparison of the number of lymph node metastases and the number of cleared lymph nodes in the central area between the two groups The total number of lymph nodes cleared in the transplantation group was 726, with a mean of (9.08 ± 3.17) lymph nodes per case, while 566 lymph nodes were detected in the non-transplantation group, with a mean of (7.86 ± 2.45) lymph nodes per case, and the mean number of lymph nodes detected in the transplantation group was significantly higher than that in the non-transplantation group.
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Efficacy of parathyroid autotransplantation in endoscopic total thyroidectomy with CLND.
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