Table 2.

Surgical outcomes and follow up

	Group A (n = 87)	Group B (n = 822)	p value
Postoperative stay (days)	2.2 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 1.2	0.81
Follow-up (months)	59.3 ± 29.24	62.1 ± 19.8	0.77
Transient hypoparathyroidism	29 (28.1%)	109 (13.2%)	<0.01
Permanent hypoparathyroidism	4 (4.5%)	31 (3.7%)	0.93
Recurrent nerve injury	2 (2.2%)	14 (1.7%)	0.97
Local recurrence	5 (5.7%)	21 (2.5%)	0.17
5-year disease free survival rate	89.1%a	96.6%a	0.03

^a On 46 patients (Group A) and 621 patients (group B) with at least 5 years of followup