Table 2.

Postoperative complications and cosmetic outcomes

Characteristics	Value
Recurrent laryngeal never injury
Temporary	2
Permanent	0
Hypoparathyroidism	0
Hematoma/seroma	1
Tracheal injury	0
Esophageal injury	0
Surgical site infection	0
Swallow discomfort	0
Sensory change around the anterior chest *
One week	1.33 ± 0.48
One month	0.51 ± 0.58
Three months	0.25 ± 0.44
Paralysis of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (all patients) *
One week	2.35 ± 0.63
One month	1.78 ± 0.42
Three months	0.73 ± 0.45
Paralysis of the sternocleidomastoid muscle	First 25 cases	Others
One week **	2.72 ± 0.46	2.00 ± 0.57
One month	1.80 ± 0.41	1.77 ± 0.43
Three months	0.88 ± 0.33	0.58 ± 0.50
Cosmetic outcomes
One week	1.31 ± 0.47
One month	1.16 ± 0.37
Three months	1.08 ± 0.39
Recurrence	0

PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma, LT lobectomy, CND central neck dissection

*P < 0.001 by one-way ANOVA

**p < 0.001 by Student’s t test