Table 2: Surgical morbidity.

Primary surgery only
Patient/group Surgery > additional surgery Morbidity Status
1 TT + CRBND + CND None AWOD 54 m
5 TT + MRBND + CND + MD Transient hypocalcemia AWOD 3 m
7 TT + CND Dysphonia and aspiration AWOD 86 m
10 TT + MRBND + CND + MD Death by hemorrhage DOD 2 m
11 TT + MRBND + CND Chylous fistula AWOD 48 m
13 TT + MRBND + CND + MD Transient hypocalcemia DOD 21 m
14 TT + MRBND + CND + MD Permanent hypoparathyroidism AWOD 51 m
15 TT + MRBND + CND Dysphonia + Dysphagia AWD 12 m
17 TT + MRBND + CND + MD None AWD 36 m
18 TT None DOD 1 m
Patients submitted to reoperation
2 A TT + CRBND + CND > SBND + MD None AWD 108 m
3 A TT + CRBND + CND > SBND + MD Chylous fistula, vocal cord paralysis, dysphagia DOD 60 m
4 B HT > cTT + SBND + CND None AWOD 36 m
8 B TT > SBND + CND + MD Vocal cord paralysis AWD 87 m
16 B TT > MRBND + CND + MD None AWOD 36 m
Patients treated without curative intent
6 Node biopsy None DOD 7 m
9 HT + Tracheotomy None DOD 6 m
12 TT + Total Laryngectomy + MRBND Pharyngocutaneous fistula Pharyngocutaneous fistula

Notes: HT: Hemithyroidectomy; TT: Total Thyroidectomy; cTT: Completion Total Thyroidectomy; CND: Central Neck Dissection; MD: Mediastinal Dissection; SBND: Selective Bilateral Neck dissection; MRBND: Modified Radical Bilateral Neck Dissection; CRBND: Classical Radical Bilateral Neck Dissection; AWD: Alive with Disease; DOD: Death of Disease; AWOD: Alive without Disease.