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Table 3 Post-operative histologic diagnosis

From: Robotic thyroidectomy versus endoscopic thyroidectomy: a meta-analysis

 

Triala

Benignb

Malignantb

1

Yoo HH et al.

2:17

44:148

2

Tae K et al.

21:59

92:46

3

Lee S et al.

–

580:570

4

Lee J et al.

11:41

152:55

5

Lang BHH et al.

6:35

1:4

6

Kim WW et al.

–

69:95

  1. aIn these studies, patients in the two groups were matched for operation time[11–14, 16], conversion[11–16], complication[11–16], amount of drainage fluid[11, 12, 14, 16], length of post-operative hospital stay[11–14, 16], number of lymph nodes harvested[11–14, 16].
  2. bBenign/malignant: ratio of post-operative histology in robotic thyroidectomy or endoscopic thyroidectomy. Two studies did not have any benign tumors included.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

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