TABLE 2.

Factors independently associated with the use of robotic versus open thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer (2010–2011)

	Adjusted odds ratio	95 % CI	p value
Age (in decades)	0.81	0.73–0.90	<0.001
Sex (ref = male)
Female	1.58	1.03–2.42	0.04
Race (ref = White)
Asian	1.64	0.94–2.86	0.08
Geographic location (ref = Midwest)
South	1.75	1.11–2.76	0.02
Hospital type (ref = community)
Academic	1.83	0.98–3.44	0.06
Nodal metastases (ref = absent)
Present	0.67	0.43–1.02	0.06
Extent of surgery (ref = total thyroidectomy)
Lobectomy	2.38	1.68–3.36	<0.001