Table 2: Demographic data.

 

TOETVA

Open thyroidectomy

Total

Variables [mean ± stdev (range)]

(n = 70)

(n = 70)

(n = 140)

Age

47 ± 13.5 (31-70)

50 ± 17.4 (18-83)

48.5 ± 2.1(18-83)

   Male

48 ± 13.6 (32-69)

48.1 ± 15.6 (22-74)

48.05 ± 0.07(22-74)

   Female

46 ± 13.4 (24-70)

50.9 ±17.9 (16-83)

48.45 ± 3.5 (16-83)

Gender

 

 

 

   Male

7 (10%)

15 (21.4%)

22 (15.7%)

   Female

63 (90%)

55 (78.6%)

118 (84.3%)

BMI (kg/m2) [mean ± stdev]

26 ± 5.6

28.7 ± 6.8

27.35 (19.5%)

Pre-operative diagnosis

 

 

 

Nodules/Multinodular Goiters

 

 

 

   B I

0

0

0

   B II

34 (49.0%)

46 (65.7%)

79 (56.4%)

   B III

14 (20%)

3 (4.3%)

17 (12.1%)

   B IV

6 (8.6%)

0

6 (4.3%)

   B V

4 (5.7%)

0

4 (2.8%)

   B VI

12 (14.1%)

12(17.1%)

24 (17.1%)

Symptomatic benign disease

 

 

 

   Grave’s disease

8 (11.4%)

1 (1.4%)

2 (1.4%)

   Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

1 (1.4%)

7 (10%)

15 (10.7%)

Tumor size (mm) [mean (range)]

2.3 (7-60)

2.2 (0.01-5.6)

2.25 (1.6%)

BMI: Body Mass Index; B: Bethesda Classification; stdev: Standard Deviation.