Table 1. Associations of patient demographics, final pathology, and extent of thyroidectomy with the risk of hematoma formation.

*Significant at p <0.05; IQR: interquartile range

		Hematoma
		No N=369	Yes N=3	P-value*
Age	Median (IQR)	39(15)	38(21)	0.94
Gender	Female	308 (83.47%)	3 (100%)	1.00
	Male	61 (16.53%)	0 (0.00%)
Final Pathology	Benign	203 (55.01%)	2 (66.67%)	1.00
	Malignant	166 (44.99%)	1 (33.33%)
Extent Of thyroidectomy	Total thyroidectomy	221 (59.89%)	1 (33.33%)	0.260
	Right hemithyroidectomy	69 (18.70%)	1 (33.33%)
	Left hemithyroidectomy	52 (14.09%)	0 (0.00%)
	Sub-total thyroidectomy	7 (1.90%)	0 (0.00%)
	Completion thyroidectomy	20 (5.42%)	1 (33.33%)