Comparing quality of life between patients undergoing trans-areola endoscopic thyroid surgery and trans-oral endoscopic thyroid surgery

Table2 Comparison of quality-of-life parameters between two group based on the specific thyroid surgery-related QOL questionnaire

Specific thyroid surgery-related QOL parameter and grade	Postoperative 2 weeks			Postoperative 4 weeks			Postoperative 8 weeks
Specific thyroid surgery-related QOL parameter and grade	ETVOA (n: 57)	ETAA (n:74)	P-value	ETVOA (n: 57)	ETAA (n:74)	P-value	ETVOA (n: 57)	ETAA (n:74)	P-value
Numbness N (%)
0	24	16	0.044*	34	25	0.021*	42	32	0.005*
1	23	32		16	30		10	31
2	7	18		6	13		5	10
3	3	8		1	6		0	1
Tingling N (%)
0	9	13	0.969	16	20	0.959	27	36	0.804
1	20	24		25	33		21	23
2	25	32		14	17		8	12
3	3	5		2	4		1	3
Cosmetic N (%)
4	29	23	0.037*	34	25	0.013*	43	33	0.005*
3	17	20		15	23		10	26
2	10	29		8	25		4	14
1	1	2		0	1		0	1
0	0	0		0	0		0	0
Voice impairment N (%)
0	48	58	0.687	52	66	0.870	55	68	0.276
1	7	13		4	7		2	6
2	2	3		1	1		0	0
3	0	0		0	0		0	0
4	0	0		0	0		0	0
Swallowing impairment N (%)
0	42	48	0.701	48	53	0.388	52	60	0.421
1	6	9		4	11		3	7
2	7	12		3	6		1	4
3	2	5		2	4		1	3
4	0	0		0	0		0	0
Neck movement impairment N (%)
0	11	17	0.854	25	15	0.041*	33	35	0.762
1	10	16		15	20		13	18
2	14	19		8	18		6	12
3	7	8		4	11		3	5
4	15	14		5	10		2	4
Shoulder movement impairment N (%)
0	49	64	0.651	52	66	0.699	54	69	0.723
1	8	9		5	8		3	5
2	0	1		0	0		0	0
3	0	0		0	0		0	0
4	0	0		0	0		0	0
Physical activity reduction N (%)
0	35	40	0.881	45	51	0.574	51	63	0.431
1	7	11		8	13		6	9
2	5	10		3	7		0	2
3	6	7		1	3		0	0
4	4	6		0	0		0	0
Psychosocial impairment N (%) Psychosocial impairment N (%)
0	44	54	0.649	50	62	0.574	55	69	0.589
1	7	11		6	7		2	4
2	4	6		1	4		0	1
3	2	1		0	1		0	0
4	0	2		0	0		0	0
VAS Pain score (0–10) Mean (SD)	3.1 (1.5)	2.9 (1.6)	0.479	2.2 (1.3)	1.9 (0.8)	0.088	1.3 (1.1)	1.2 (0.9)	0.156
Overall satisfaction (10–0) Mean (SD)	9.2 (1.3)	8.9 (1.5)	0.042*	9.5 (0.9)	9.1 (1.5)	0.035*	9.8 (0.7)	9.3 (1.1)	0.023*

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