Table 5.
Comparison of the complications in bilateral total thyroidectomy patients with or without intraoperative neuromonitoring application.
Intraoperative neuromonitoring | Patients (n) | Bilateral vocal cord paralysis | Tracheostomy (n) | |
(n) | (%) | |||
Applied | 456 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 |
Not applied | 662 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 |
Total | 1118 | 3 | 0.2 | 1 |