Table 2.

Operative and postoperative values of the patients.

	Group 1	Group 2	P
*Operating time (min)	86.45 (50–120) ± 18.93	88.80 (45–120) ± 21.33	0.19
*Thyroid volume (mL)	54.31 (17.3–116.4) ± 22.48	53.72 (16.8–120.4) ± 21.61	0.80
**Postoperative sixth hour VAS	3.64 (2–7) ± 1.06	4.95 (2–8) ± 1.05	0.002
**Postoperative first day VAS	2.08 (1–5) ± 0.74	3.09 (1–5) ± 0.77	0.001
*Hospital stay (day)	1.10 (1–3) ± 0.33	1.53 (1–6) ± 0.80	0.04

VAS: visual analog scale. The data is presented as mean (min–max) ± SD. *Student's t-test was used for assessment. **The Mann-Whitney U test was used for assessment.