From: Preoperative vocal cord paralysis and its association with malignant thyroid disease and other pathological features
Preoperative vocal cord paralysis n (% of total)
p-value
+
-
Malignant pathology
19 (1.0 %)
1143 (59.6 %)
0.2218
Benign pathology
6 (0.3 %)
671 (35.0 %)
Total
25 (1.3 %)
1814 (98.7 %)