Table 3:
Patient demographics and operative procedure information (CND, central neck dissection; MLND, modified lateral neck dissection).
| Total cases using PTeye™ | 19 (initial set) | 64 (2nd set) | 83 (overall) |
| Age (years, range) | 57 (20 – 75) | 52 (22 – 83) | 54 (20 – 83) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 5 (26.3%) | 18 (28.1%) | 23 (27.7%) |
| Female | 14 (73.7%) | 46 (71.9%) | 60 (72.3%) |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2, range) | 28 (22 – 39) | 30 (17 – 54) | 29 (17 – 54) |
| Race | |||
| Caucasian | 16 (84.2%) | 55 (85.5%) | 71 (85.5%) |
| Non-Caucasian | 2 (10.5%) | 9 (13.3%) | 11 (13.3%) |
| Unknown | 1 (5.3%) | 0 (1.2%) | 1 (1.2%) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 0 (0%) | 2 (3.1%) | 2 (2.4%) |
| Non-Hispanic | 17 (89.5%) | 62 (96.9%) | 79 (95.2%) |
| Unknown | 2 (10.5%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2.4%) |
| Operative procedure | |||
| Thyroidectomy | 9 (47.4%) | 28 (43.8%) | 37 (45.6%) |
| Parathyroidectomy | 10 (52.6%) | 36 (56.2%) | 46 (55.4%) |
| Parathyroid specific data | |||
| Procedure | |||
| Focused | 1 (10%) | 8 (22.2%) | 9 (19.6%) |
| Bilateral neck exploration | 9 (90%) | 28 (77.8%) | 37 (80.4%) |
| Re-operative surgery | |||
| Yes | 4 (40%) | 3 (8.3%) | 7 (15.2%) |
| No | 6 (60%) | 33 (91.7%) | 39 (84.8%) |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Primary hyperparathyroidism | 10 (100%) | 34 (94.4%) | 44 (95.7%) |
| Tertiary hyperparathyroidism | 0 (0%) | 2 (5.6%) | 2 (4.3%) |
| Thyroid specific data | |||
| Procedure | |||
| Thyroid lobectomy | 4 (44.5%) | 4 (14.2%) | 8 (21.6%) |
| Total thyroidectomy | 3 (33.3%) | 19 (67.9%) | 22 (59.5%) |
| Total thyroidectomy with CND | 1 (11.1%) | 1 (3.6%) | 2 (5.4%) |
| Total thyroidectomy with CND and MLND | 1 (11.1%) | 2 (7.1%) | 3 (8.1%) |
| Completion thyroidectomy | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.6%) | 1 (2.7%) |
| Prophylactic thyroidectomy | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.6%) | 1 (2.7%) |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Multinodular goiter/thyroid nodule | 1 (11.1%) | 13 (46.4%) | 14 (37.8%) |
| Hyperthyroidism (Graves/toxic nodule) | 5 (55.6%) | 10 (35.7%) | 15 (40.6%) |
| Well-differentiated thyroid cancer | 3 (33.3%) | 3 (10.7%) | 6 (16.2%) |
| Recurrent/residual thyroid disease | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.6%) | 1 (2.7) |
| Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type IIA* | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.6%) | 1 (2.7) |
Asymptomatic patient underwent prophylactic thyroidectomy
Age, body mass index reported as median, all others n (%)