Table 2.

Clinicopathologic characteristics in trans breast endoscopic thyroidectomy.

	INTP group (n = 94)	Control group (n = 95)	p-Value
Age (years)	33.2 ± 6.8	34.4 ± 7.3	0.245
Male (%)	3 (3.2%)	7 (7.4%)	0.200
BMI (kg/m2)	21.5 ± 2.6	22.0 ± 3.3	0.216
Max tumor size (cm)	0.83 ± 0.78	0.76 ± 0.51	0.459
Multiple lesions (%)	21 (22.3%)	19 (20.0%)	0.694
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (%)	36 (38.3%)	28 (29.5%)	0.200
Total thyroidectomy (%)	25 (26.6%)	16 (16.8%)	0.104
Bilateral CCD (%)	22 (23.4%)	15 (15.8%)	0.187

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