Table 1 Demographic data and operative details
From: Gasless, endoscopic trans-axillary thyroid surgery: our series of the first 51 human cases
Characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
Age (mean, range) | 35 (22–48) |
Gender | |
Male | 2 |
Female | 49 |
Thyroid disease | |
PTC | 42 |
Thyroid adenoma | 9 |
Tumor size (mm, mean, range) | |
Benign tumor | 39 (31–49) |
Malignant tumor | 10.0 (5–26) |
Location of tumor | |
Right lobe | 30 |
Left lobe | 21 |
Extent of surgery | |
LT+ CND | 42 |
LT | 9 |
Operative time (mins, mean ± SD) | |
Working space make | 44 ± 12.8 |
LT with or without CND | 40.9 ± 15.1 |
Total surgical time | 141.6 ± 34.4 |
Blood loss (mL, mean ± SD) | 21.0 ± 26.8 |
Drainage volume (mL, mean ± SD) | |
Day 1 | 48.0 ± 24.4 |
Day 2 | 13.7 ± 5.6 |
Drainage removal (days) | 2 |
Removed lymph nodesa | 3.15 ± 3.2 |
Hospital stay after surgery (days, mean, range) | 1.67 ± 0.74 (1–3) |