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. 2020 Mar 30;64(4):427–435. doi: 10.20945/2359-3997000000219

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the patients undergoing total thyroidectomy.

Parameters N = 43
Age (Mean± SD) [Min-Max] 44.48 ± 12.31 [20-70]
Sex (Male:Female) (%) 8:35 (18.6:81.4)
Operative indication (%)  
 

  • Benign pathology

  • Multinodular Goiter

  • Hyperthyroidy

  • Malignancy

  • 33 (76.7)

  • 19 (44.2)

  • 14 (32.6)

  • 10 (23.3)
# of patients with (%)  

  • 1 ISPG

  • 2 ISPGs

  • 3 ISPGs

  • 4 ISPGs

  • 1 (2.3)

  • 6 (13.9)

  • 28 (65.2)

  • 8 (18.6)
# of patients with (%)  

  • No PG autotransplanted

  • PG autotransplanted

  • 27 (62.8)

  • 16 (37.2)
Location of the visualized PGs (%)  

  • Left upper

  • Left lower

  • Right upper

  • Right lower

  • 32 (24.8)

  • 33 (25.6)

  • 33 (25.6)

  • 31 (24.0)

PG: parathyroid gland; ISPG: in situ parathyroid gland.