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Table 2 Postoperative Complications

From: The role of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection in elderly patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: a multicentric study

 

Group A (n = 184)

Group B (n = 187)

p Value

Neck hematoma %

0.5

3.7

0.033*

Hypoparathyroidism %

 • Temporary

11.4

21.4

0.0095*

 • Permanent

0.5

2.1

0.182

Recurrent nerve injury %

 • Temporary Unilateral

1.5

6.4

0.0193*

 • Permanent Unilateral

0

0.5

0.320

 • Bilateral VCP

0

0

0.571

  1. *Statistically significant
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