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Comparison of overall material and medication costs for thyroidectomy under LA and GA
| Cost | General anesthesia (29)N(%) |
Local Anesthesia (29) N(%) | Overall (58)N(%) |
Chi squired test P value except for b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost in USD | 78.0(72.7–79.3)a | 65.1(61.5–67.1)a | 70.1(65.1–78.4)a | < 0.001 b |
b = Independent-Samples Kruskal-Wallis Test p value, a = median and Interquartile range
