Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics
| Intervention group (n = 30) | Control group (n = 30) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 9 (30%) | 8 (27%) | 0.77 |
| Female | 21 (70%) | 22 (73%) | |
| Age | |||
| Mean | 57 (±12.7) | 59 (±11.9) | 0.51 |
| Median | 59 | 61 | |
| Range | 33-76 | 34-85 | |
| Indication | |||
| Compression symptoms | 25 (83%) | 30 (100%) | 0.05 |
| Graves’ disease | 5 (17%) | 0 | |
| Thyroid volume | |||
| Mean thyroid volume in mL | 72 (±69) | 70 (±60) | 0.90 |
| Operations by surgeon | |||
| 1 | 16 | 13 | |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Operation time | |||
| Mean operation time in min. | 126 (±38) | 122 (±48) | 0.71 |
| PG identification | |||
| Mean PGs identified | 3.03 (±0.75) | 3.03 (±0.91) | 1.0 |
| PGs identified | |||
| 0 | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0.31 |
| 1 | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | |
| 2 | 8 (27%) | 3 (10%) | |
| 3 | 13 (43%) | 16 (53%) | |
| 4 | 9 (30%) | 9 (30%) | |
| PGs autotransplanted | 0.3 (±0.3) | 0.43 (±0.6) | 0.53 |
| PGs inadvertently resected | 1 (3%) | 0 | 0.32 |
Mean values are followed by standard derivation (SD). Normal distributed values were analyzed using a two-sided T-test. The chi-squared or Fisher’s exact test was used to examine the differences between categorical variables