Table 3.

Impact of surgeon volume for completion thyroidectomy and total thyroidectomy.

	Completion Thyroidectomy			Total Thyroidectomy
	Low Volume Surgeon	High Volume Surgeon	P-Value	Low Volume Surgeon	High Volume Surgeon	P-Value
N	12	33		11	79
Age (Years)	48 ± 6	48 ± 2	0.98	37 ± 5	49 ± 2	0.01
Female	75%	76%	0.96	64%	72%	0.56
Tumor Size (cm)	2.3 ± 0.6	2.8 ± 0.4	0.52	2.3 ± 0.5	2.2 ± 0.2	0.72
Radioactive Iodine Dose (mCi)	32 (30–115)	80 (50–146)	0.06	33 (31–102)	84 (52–147)	0.09
Remnant Uptake (%)	0.22 (0.06–1.11)	0.06 (0.02–0.18)	0.04	0.3 (0.07–0.61)	0.03 (0.009–0.094)	<0.01
Uptake to Dose Ratio	0.006 (0.001–0.032)	0.0005 (0.0002–0.0026)	0.03	0.007 (0.002–0.014)	0.0003 (0.0001–0.0019)	<0.01

Data expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean, number (%) or median (inter-quartile range) as appropriate.