Table 1.
Patients' characteristics, operation, number of parathyroids identified, incidence of vocal cord palsies and other complications in patients with temporary, permanent or no hypocalcaemia postoperatively
| Hypocalcaemia | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary (n = 69) | Permanent (n = 9) | None (n = 84) | ||
| Age, median (IQR) | 38 (31, 51) | 34 (29, 41) | 42 (31, 61) | 0.346 |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 7 (10.1) | 2 (22.2) | 18 (21.4) | |
| Female | 62 (89.9) | 7 (77.8) | 66 (78.6) | 0.158 |
| Level 6, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 4 (5.8) | 2 (22.2) | 5 (6.0) | |
| No | 65 (94.2) | 7 (77.8) | 79 (94.0) | 0.166 |
| Operation, n (%) | ||||
| Total | 61 (88.4) | 7 (77.8) | 57 (67.9) | |
| Completion | 8 (11.6) | 2 (22.2) | 27 (32.1) | 0.011 |
| Pathology, n (%) | ||||
| Toxic goitre | 51 (74.0) | 4 (44.4) | 39 (46.4) | |
| Non-toxic goitre | 6 (8.7) | 1 (11.1) | 9 (10.7) | |
| Malignancy | 11 (15.9) | 4 (44.4) | 36 (42.9) | 0.005 |
| Missing | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Vocal cord palsy, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 66 (95.7) | 9 (100.0) | 78 (92.8) | |
| Temporary | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.6) | 0.855 |
| Permanent | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.6) | |
| Complications, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 5 (7.2) | 3 (33.3) | 11 (13.1) | |
| No | 64 (92.8) | 6 (66.7) | 72 (85.7) | 0.062 |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | |