Table 3.
Information regarding other postoperative complications in patients with postoperative bleeding and controls
| Postoperative complications* | Cases N = 173 (%) |
Controls N = 173 (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vocal cord palsy | |||
| None | 47 (27) | 46 (26) | 0.13 |
| Unilateral | 3 (2) | 10 (6) | |
| Bilateral | 1 (0.5) | 0 | |
| Missing | 122 (70.5) | 117 (68) | |
| Hypoparathyroidism | |||
| No | 155 (89) | 154 (89) | 0.16 |
| Temporary | 18 (11) | 19 (11) | |
| Permanent | 4 (2) | 7 (4) | |
| Surgical site infection | |||
| Yes | 7 (4) | 3 (2) | 0.19 |
| No | 165 (96) | 170 (98) | |
| Missing | 1 | 0 | |
*Other postoperative complications than bleeding after primary surgery