Table 4.

Complaints and complications, SSG versus SSG + sternotomy.

Variable	Patients with SSG + Cervicotomy (n = 120)	Patients with SSG + sternotomy (n = 7)	P value
CT scan preoperation	76 (67)	7 (100)	0.065
Preoperative patient complaints
Hyperthyroid	11 (9.7)	1 (16.7)	0.583
Dysphagia	62 (53)	2 (33.3)	0.347
Shortness of breath or stridor	61 (52.6)	3 (42.9)	0.617
Voice issue	10 (8.6)	3 (42.9)	0.004
Neck pain	8 (6.8)	1 (14.3)	0.461
Chest pressure	12 (10.2)	3 (42.9)	0.010
Postoperative patient complications
Voice issues	11 (9.2)	2 (28.6)	0.102
Hypocalcemia	11 (9.2)	0 (0)	0.400
Bleeding	4 (3.4)	0 (0)	0.622

Values are presented as number of patients and percentages.