Table 2. Incidence of Sore Throat and Hoarseness in the First 24 Hours after Thyroidectomy.
| Group C (n = 45) |
Group Kpre (n = 47) |
Group Kpost (n = 45) |
Group D (n = 43) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sore throat | |||||
| Rest | |||||
| 1 h | 43 (95.6) | 44 (93.6) | 42 (93.3) | 41 (93.0) | 1.000 |
| 6 h | 32 (71.1) | 34 (72.3) | 33 (73.3) | 25 (58.1) | 0.377 |
| 24 h | 20 (44.4) | 21 (44.7) | 25 (55.6) | 15 (34.9) | 0.283 |
| Swallowing | |||||
| 1 h | 44 (97.8) | 45 (95.7) | 44 (97.8) | 42 (97.7) | 1.000 |
| 6 h | 44 (97.8) | 42 (89.4) | 40 (88.9) | 35 (81.4) | 0.079 |
| 24 h | 42 (93.3) | 37 (78.7) | 37 (82.2) | 29 (67.4)* | 0.022 |
| Hoarseness | |||||
| 1 h | 42 (93.3) | 44 (93.6) | 40 (88.9) | 40 (93.0) | 0.867 |
| 6 h | 37 (82.2) | 36 (76.6) | 39 (86.7) | 35 (81.4) | 0.666 |
| 24 h | 34 (75.6) | 28 (59.6) | 29 (64.4) | 22 (51.2) | 0.117 |
Data are presented as number of patients (%). The statistical significance was accepted with P values less than 0.05 for primary comparison among groups and 0.0083 for post-hoc multiple comparisons between pairwise groups (Bonferroni adjustment; 0.05/6). *P < 0.0083 compared to Group C.