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.