Table 2.

VAS after thyroidectomy.

	Endoscopic group	Conventional group	P-value
2 h after operation	2.92 ± 0.50	3.78 ± 1.02	.00
12 h after operation	2.93 ± 0.81	5.42 ± 0.85	.00
24 h after operation	1.15 ± 0.44	2.03 ± 0.61	.00
48 h after operation	0.28 ± 0.41	0.43 ± 0.51	.31

All data are expressed in mean ± SD.