Table 2.

Complications in 112 PTC patients after treatment [n (%)]

Categories	Open group (n=52)	Laparoscopic group (n=60)	χ2 value	P value
Hoarseness	1 (1.92)	2 (3.33)	0.213	0.645
Choking cough when drinking	1 (1.92)	1 (1.67)	0.010	0.919
Numbness of hands and feet	0 (0.00)	1 (1.67)	0.875	0.350
Infection	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	-	-
Mental nerve injury	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	-	-
Mucocutaneous hemorrhage	0 (0.00)	1 (1.67)	0.875	0.350
Total	2 (3.85)	5 (8.33)	0.957	0.328

PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma.