Table 2.
Prevalence of recurrent goiter and need for revision thyroidectomy for 526 patients who completed the 10-year follow-up
| TT | P TT versus DO |
DO | P DO versus BST |
BST | P TT versus BST |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost to follow-up at 10 years | 23 (11.5) | 0.296 | 26 (13.0) | 0.329 | 25 (12.5) | 0.343 |
| Recurrent goiter [no (%)] | 1 (0.6) | <0.001 | 15 (8.6) | <0.001 | 39 (22.3) | <0.001 |
| Need for revision thyroidectomy [no (%)] | 1 (0.6) | 0.070 | 5 (2.9) | 0.019 | 14 (8.0) | <0.001 |
Bold values are statistically significant (p < 0.05)
TT total thyroidectomy, DO Dunhill operation, BST bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy
χ 2 test for all