TABLE 1.

Demographics of patients who underwent thyroid-related operation versus parathyroid-related operation

Characteristic	Parathyroid	Thyroid	p
No. of patients	2119	2395
Age (years)	59 ± 0.3	49 ± 0.3	<0.001
Female	77 %	78 %	0.37
Extent of operation
Unilateral	1279 (60 %)	1046 (44 %)	<0.001
Bilateral	824 (39 %)	1243 (52 %)
Extensive	16 (0.8 %)	106 (4 %)
Reoperative neck	293 (14 %)	206 (9 %)	<0.001
Antiplatelet use
None	1426 (67 %)	1957 (82 %)	<0.001
<325 mg aspirin	460 (22 %)	210 (9 %)
≥325 mg aspirin	181 (8 %)	191 (8 %)
Clopidogrel	52 (2 %)	37 (2 %)
Anticoagulant use
None	2021 (95 %)	2326 (97 %)	<0.001
Oral	87 (4 %)	52 (2 %)
Injectable	11 (0.5 %)	17 (0.8 %)
Use of either medication type
None	1359 (64 %)	1903 (79 %)	<0.001
One	729 (34 %)	480 (20 %)
Both	31 (1.5 %)	12 (0.5 %)
Hematoma rate	2 (0.1 %)	20 (0.8 %)	<0.001

Data are presented as mean ± SEM or as n (%)