BRAF and neoplasm: There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of age, gender, microscopic ETE, diameter of the largest tumor, total diameter of all tumors, multifocality, bilaterality, presence of chronic thyroiditis, variants of PTMC, BRAF mutation, LLND, total and metastatic lymph node yield, CLNM ratio, LLNM ratio, and TSH suppression.