Table 3.

Staged thyroidectomy procedures in 25 patients with loss of signal.

Procedure	Patients		Complications
	(n)	(%)
Loss of signal/patients	25/456	5.4
Staged thyroidectomy:
Planned	18
Performed	16	3.5	0
Not performed	2	0.4
Reason for not performed:
No requirement	1	0.2
Patient refusal	1	0.2