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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2014 Mar 19;190(1):157–163. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.03.034

Table 3.

Complications

Variable NDT DT p
N 129 60
Complications 17 (13.2%) 23 (38.2%) <0.01
Transient Hoarse 7 (5.4%) 6 (10.0%) 0.23
Permanent Hoarse 0 0 1.00
Transient 10 (7.8%) 14 (23.3%) <0.01
Hypoparathyroid
Permanent 0 0 1.00
Hypoparathyroid
Hematoma 0 5 (8.3%) <0.01

Data are expressed as percentage in parentheses for categorical variables. Significant variables are in bold.