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Risk of RLN injury in autoimmune thyroid disease vs. benign multinodular goiter (data from PETS 2 study) [18]
| RLN injury | MNG n = 16,467 |
Graves’ disease n = 1141 |
Hashimoto thyroiditis n = 1268 |
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| % | HR (95% CI) | p | % | HR (95% CI) | p | % | HR (95% CI) | p | |
| Transient | 3.9 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.86 (0.68–1.10) | 0.238 | 3.5 | 0.69 (0.22–2.18) | 0.691 | |
| Permanent | 0.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.66 (0.35–1.21) | 0.174 | 0.9 | 1.77 (0.35–8.94) | 0.481 | |
MNG multinodular goiter; RLN recurrent laryngeal nerve
