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Table 3.

Comparison of patients’ satisfaction levels for thyroidectomy under LA and GA

Satisfaction assessor	General anesthesia (29)N(%)	Local Anesthesia (29)N(%)	Overall (58)N(%)	Chi squired test P value except for b
Likert score	4(4–5)^a	4(4–5)^a	4(4–5)^a	0.442^b
Repeat with same anesthesia
No	1(3.4)	3 (10.3)	4 (6.9)	0.300
Yes	28(96.6)	26 (89.7)	54 (93.1)

b = Independent-Samples Kruskal-Wallis Test p value, a = median and Interquartile range