Table 1.

Characteristics of patients who underwent TOETVA.

Patient	Gender	Age in years	Thyroid Volume in ml		Largest Nodule Size	FNAC/Bethesda	Diagnosis	Type of Surgery	Duration of Surgery	Drain	Post op discharge	Complications
			Rt Lobe	Lt Lobe
1	M	37	16	9	8 mm	N/A	Toxic MNG	TT	180 min	No	18 hours	Nil
2	F	42	25	10	50 mm	N/A	Euthyroid MNG	TT	180 min	No	20 hours	Mild redness subsided in 3 days
3	F	50	15	20	35.5 mm	III	Subclinical hyperthyroidism+MNG	TT	210 min	No	20 hours	Mild swelling subsided in a few days
4	F	47	8	10	10 mm	III	Toxic MNG	TT	185 min	No	72 hours	Laryngeal edema, subsided in 24 hours
5	F	45	7	11	15 mm	II	Toxic MNG	TT	190 min	No	20 hours	Mild edema, resolved in a few days
6	F	31	28	12	48 mm	N/A	Euthyroid MNG	TT	150 min	No	20 hours	Nil
7	F	28	8	20	40 mm	II	Large complex nodule	Lobectomy	130 min	No	20 hours	Nil
8*	F	37	28	24.6	20 mm	II	Toxic MNG	TT	200 min	No	19 hours	Mild bruise and redness, subsided in 4 days
9	F	23	8	13	9 mm	II	Graves disease with nodules	TT	200 min	No	20 hours	Very mild bruise resolved in 2 days
10	F	30	9	13	No nodules	N/A	Graves disease	TT	180 min	No	20 hours	Nil
11	F	50	6.4	6.2	9 mm	III	Suspicious toxic nodules	TT	185 min	No	20 hours	Infection, incision and drainage were performed, completely healed with no further complications
12	F	39	8	9	10 mm	N/A	Toxic MNG	TT	180 min	No	20 hours	Mild non-significant bruise

The size of case number 8 was 52.6 ml which was slightly larger than the upper limit. MNG – multinodular.