Table 1 Patients’ demographic data and characteristics
Variable | Technique | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
HS group (n 273) | LSJ group (n 262) | ||
Age | 45.04 | 44.94 | 0.62 |
Gender | |||
Male | 49 (18.8%) | 61 (22.3%) | 0.18 |
Female | 212 (81.2%) | 213 (77.7%) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.4 | 26.3 | 0.47 |
Thyroidectomy | |||
Subtotal | 50 | 60 | 0.24 |
Total | 211 | 214 | |
Thyroid pathology | |||
MNG | 119 (43.4%) | 137 (52.5%) | 0.29 |
Retrosternal MNG | 23 (8.4%) | 15 (5.7%) | |
PTC | 73 (26.6%) | 65 (24.9%) | |
FTC | 15 (5.5%) | 8 (3.1%) | |
MTC | 12 (4.4%) | 4 (1.5%) | |
HCC | 5 (1.8%) | 9 (3.4%) | |
Thyroid adenoma | 10 (3.6%) | 8 (3.1%) | |
Grave’s | 5 (1.8%) | 5 (1.9%) | |
Nodule | 5 (1.8%) | 4 (1.5%) | |
Hashimato | 4 (1.5%) | 2 (0.8%) | |
Cyst | 2 (0.7%) | 4 (1.5%) | |