Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of cohort of children and young adults

	Group 1 (preoperative nonmalignant diagnosis) n = 45	Group 2 (preoperative malignant diagnosis) n = 110	Total n = 155
Age [years] (median ± SD)	15 ± 2.8	14 ± 3.7	15 ± 3.6
Sex ratio female:male (N)	40:5	77:33	117:38
Previous thyroid surgery (N)	0	18	18
Hereditary thyroid disease (N)	2	20	22
Preoperative FNAC (N)	1	41	42
Operation time [minutes] (median ± SD)	113 ± 37	107.5 ± 87	109 ± 70
Hospitalization time [days] (median ± SD)	4 ± 3.2	4 ± 1.9	4 ± 2.3
Type of operation
Total thyroidectomy (N)	40	60	100
Subtotal Thyroidectomy (N)	0	1	1
Partial Thyroidectomy (N)	0	1	1
Lobectomy (N)	1	45	46
Lymph node dissection only (N)	0	7	7
Lymph node dissection as part of Thyroidectomy(N)	1	38	39
Bilateral neck surgery (N)	41	72	113
Parathyroid replantation (N)	14	47	61
Malignancy in histology (N)	4	49	53
Nerves at risk (N)	85	177	262
Complications
Transient hypoparathyroidism (N)	14	24	38
Permanent hypoparathyroidism (N)	1	1	2
Reoperation for wound infection (N)	0	1	1
Reoperation for lymph fistula (N)	0	1	1
Transient vocal cord palsy (N)	2	0	2