Table 5.

Comparison of quality of life in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma who underwent unilateral lobectomy vs. those who underwent total thyroidectomy.

	Lateral lobectomy (n = 18)	Total thyroidectomy (n = 16)	p-value
SF-36
PCS	86.15 ± 8.55	75.59 ± 15.14	0.022*
PF	95.83 ± 5.75	93.44 ± 8.51	0.339
RP	95.83 ± 12.86	64.06 ± 38.70	0.006*
BP	84.72 ± 18.89	81.38 ± 15.22	0.577
GH	68.22 ± 15.05	63.50 ± 17.52	0.404
MCS	79.68 ± 14.27	80.63 ± 9.46	0.822
VT	78.33 ± 17.06	66.56 ± 19.12	0.067
SF	90.12 ± 12.57	79.86 ± 15.30	0.040*
RE	87.04 ± 23.26	64.59 ± 46.30	0.094
MH	71.33 ± 14.34	68.75 ± 13.00	0.588
THYCA-QoL
Neuromuscular	10.49 ± 11.09	14.58 ± 8.81	0.247
Voice	9.26 ± 14.26	2.08 ± 5.69	0.062
Concentration	4.63 ± 9.58	10.42 ± 15.96	0.219
Sympathetic	12.96 ± 12.20	20.83 ± 18.76	0.165
Throat/mouth	16.67 ± 12.78	13.89 ± 8.61	0.469
Psychological	14.81 ± 10.13	27.60 ± 13.51	0.004*
Sensory	16.67 ± 12.8	20.83 ± 16.67	0.416
Problems with scar	9.26 ± 19.15	18.75 ± 20.97	0.177
Felt chilly	25.93 ± 35.34	25.00 ± 19.24	0.924
Tingling hands/feet	3.70 ± 10.78	8.33 ± 14.91	0.314
Gained weight	16.67 ± 17.15	22.92 ± 20.07	0.335
Headache	11.11 ± 19.80	14.58 ± 20.97	0.623
Less interest in sex	31.48 ± 24.18	27.08 ± 25.00	0.606
FoP-Q-SF
Physical health	1.86 ± 0.75	2.14 ± 0.72	0.287
Social family	1.60 ± 0.60	1.86 ± 0.68	0.255

^*p < 0.05.