Table 2.

Surgical outcomes and complications

	Total (n = 813)	Group A (n = 678)	Group B (n = 135)	P value
Operative time (minutes, mean ± SD)	87.66 ± 19.60	86.63 ± 19.20	92.81 ± 20.81	0.001
Postoperative stay (days, mean ± SD)	2.98 ± 1.53	2.94 ± 1.59	3.16 ± 1.19	0.123
Transient hypoparathyroidism	172 (21.16%)	147 (21.68%)	25 (18.52%)	0.411
Permanent hypoparathyroidism	48 (5.90%)	37 (5.46%)	11 (8.15%)	0.226
Cervical haematoma	9 (1.11%)	9 (1.33%)	0	0.369
Unilateral recurrent nerve injury	22 (2.71%)	19 (2.80%)	3 (2.22%)	1.000
Bilateral recurrent nerve injury	3 (0.37%)	3 (0.44%)	0	1.000
Wound infection	2 (0.25%)	2 (0.29%)	0	1.000

Statistically significant values are shown in bold

SD standard deviation