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Table 6 Postoperative complications

From: Identifying risk factors for recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer in patients who underwent modified radical neck dissection

 

Number (%)

Hypoparathyroidism

 Transient

16 (4.1)

 Permanent

3 (0.8)

Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury

 Transient

23 (5.9)

 Permanent

14 (3.6)

Postoperative bleeding

2 (0.5)

Chyle leakage

2 (0.5)