Table 1.

Clinicopathologic characteristics in open thyroidectomy.

	INTP group (n = 165)	Control group (n = 150)	p-Value
Age (years)	41.7 ± 9.4	41.9 ± 9.6	0.842
Male (%)	58 (35.2%)	46 (30.7%)	0.200
BMI (kg/m2)	23.8 ± 3.2	23.6 ± 3.3	0.629
Max tumor size (cm)	0.80 ± 0.46	0.95 ± 0.67	0.093
Multiple lesions (%)	36 (21.8%)	45 (30.0%)	0.097
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (%)	53 (32.1%)	49 (32.7%)	0.918
Total thyroidectomy (%)	68 (41.2%)	66 (44.0%)	0.617
Bilateral CCD (%)	54 (32.7%)	64 (42.7%)	0.069

CCD, central compartment dissection; INTP, intraoperative neural tunnel protecting; BMI, body mass index.