Table 2.
Postoperative recovery of the two patient groups
| Complications | Total thyroidectomy group
|
Less-than-total thyroidectomy group
|
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 18 | ||
| Clavien–Dindo classification | 15 (17.6%) | 2 (11.1%) | 0.500 |
| Grade I | 10 (11.8%) | 0 | |
| Grade II | 3 (3.5%) | 2 (11.1%) | |
| Grade IIIa | 1 (1.2%) | 0 | |
| Grade IIIb | 1 (1.2%) | 0 | |
| Total hospital stay days, mean ± SD | 5.9±2.1 | 7.3±5.2 | 0.070 |
| Postoperative drainage volume (mL), mean ± SD | 179.1±212.7 | 198.7±164.4 | 0.713 |
| Overall hospitalization costs (dollars), mean ± SD | 3,345.4±878.5 | 3,235.7±924.3 | 0.635 |
| Parathyroids autologous transplantation (yes/no) | 41/44 | 2/16 | 0.004 |
| Parathyroids autologous transplantation number | 0.7±0.8 | 0.1±0.3 | <0.001 |
| PTH level (pmol/L, the first day) | 2.2±1.6 | 2.6±1.7 | 0.337 |
| Serum calcium level (mmol/L, the first day) | 2.1±0.2 | 2.0±0.1 | 0.651 |
| PTH level (pmol/L, 1 month) | 3.7±2.0 | 3.6±1.7 | 0.878 |
| Serum calcium level (mmol/L, 1 month) | 2.3±0.7 | 2.2±0.1 | 0.753 |
Abbreviation: PTH, parathyroid hormone.