TOETVA

Open thyroidectomy

Total

P value

(n = 70)

(n = 70)

(n = 140)

Number of Cases

  Lobectomy

49 (70%)

24 (34.3%)

73 (52.1%)

  Total

21 (30%)

43 (61.4%)

64 (45.7%)

  Completion

0

3 (4.3%)

3 (2.1%)

Operative time (mins) [mean ± stdev (range)]

  Lobectomy

151 ± 36.3 (90-256)

85.8 ± 26 (51-150)

118.4 ± 46.1 (51-256)

< 0.05

  Total

231.3 ± 40.8 (175-344)

112.1 ± 33.8 (64-195)

171.7 ± 84.3 (64-344)

< 0.05

  Completion

0

133 ± 13.7(121-148)

133 ± 13.7 (121-148)

Final pathology

  Benign

36 (51.4%)

43 (61.4%)

79 (56.4%)

  PTC

34 (48.6%)

27 (38.6%)

61 (43.6%)

EBL (mL) [mean ± range]

27.5 ± 62.3

29.7 ± 3.9

28.6 ± 1.5

0.4

LOS (days) [mean (range)]

0.2 (0-3)

0.3 (0-6)

0.25 (0-6)

0.5