Table 1.

Demographics of 196 patients included in the study.

Factor	Patients
	(n)	(%)
Sex:
Male	33	16.9
Female	163	83.1
Surgery:
Total thyroidectomy	143	73.0
Completion thyroidectomy	53	27.0
Selective neck dissection:
Performed	25	12.8
Not performed	171	87.2