Table 5.

Analysis of related factors of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury

Group		recurrent laryngeal nerve injury group	Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve injury group	t	P
Case (n)		22	88
Age (year)		42.1±7.9	39.7±7.1	1.386	0.168
Male: female		9:13	37:51	0.009	0.932
Course of disease (year)		3.52±1.52	3.11±1.22	1.341	0.183
BMI (kg/m2)		25.02±1.42	24.62±1.33	1.245	0.215
Tumor Location	Left	14	46	0.917	0.338
	Right	8	42
Tumor diameter (cm)			0.70±0.12	2.238	0.027
Surgical Methods	Radical resection	19	33	14.758	<0.001
	GETAN	3	49
Operation time (min)		116.23±10.42	113.22±10.54	1.201	0.232
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)		26.83±5.72	24.72±6.21	1.447	0.158
Extubation time (d)		4.23±0.83	3.82±0.81	2.112	0.037
Hospitalization time (d)		7.22±0.73	6.72±0.74	2.842	0.005

Note: GETAN: Gasless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Through an Axillary Approach.