Table 7.

Comparison of postoperative complications between incidental and overt PTMC.

Postoperative complications	Incidental PTMC	Overt PTMC	P-value
	n = 90 (25.5%)	n = 263 (74.5%)
Overall complications*	14 (15.6%)	81 (30.8%)	0.005
RLN injury
Transient	2 (2.2%)	8 (3.0%)	0.971
Permanent	1 (1.1%)	4 (1.5%)	1.000
Hypocalcemia
Transient	10 (11.1%)	62 (23.6%)	0.011
Permanent	1 (1.1%)	19 (7.2%)	0.030
Incision infection	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	0.549
Bleeding required resurgery	2 (2.2%)	10 (3.8%)	0.706

PTMC papillary thyroid microcarcinoma, RLN recurrent laryngeal nerve.

^*More than one complication occurred in some patients. The bold values mean the P <0.05.