Fig. 2

Forest plot of patient characteristics associated with postoperative short- (A) and long-term (B) vocal cord dysfunction among patients who underwent surgery for thyroid cancer

Caption:*Multivariable logistic regression adjusted for: patient age, sex, race, BMI > 40, prior neck surgery prior neck radiation, extent of surgery, op-time, central and lateral LND, extrathyroidal extension, N-stage

**Reference categories: Patient age < 40 years, male sex, white race, BMI ≤ 40, no prior neck surgery, no prior neck radiation, thyroid lobectomy, OP-time ≤ 2 h, thyroid surgery alone without central/lateral neck dissection, no extrathyroidal extension, N0-stage

VC, vocal cord