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Table 1 Histological diagnosis and surgical procedures

From: Identification alone versus intraoperative neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery: experience of 2034 consecutive patients

 

Total n (%)

Total thyroidectomy n (%)

Completion thyroidectomy n (%)

Total thyroidectomy + lymphectomy n (%)

Group A

993 (100%)

854 (86%)

40 (4.03%)

99 (9.97%)

• Multinodular goiter

374 (37.66%)

337 (90.11%)

20 (5.35%)

17 (4.55%)

• Differentiated carcinoma

285 (28.7%)

212 (74.39%)

7 (2.46%)

66 (23.16%)

• Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

216 (21.75%)

195 (90.28%)

12 (5.56%)

9 (4.17%)

• Graves’ disease

104 (10.47%)

101 (97.12%)

1 (0.96%)

2 (1.92%)

• Medullary carcinoma

14 (1.41%)

9 (64.29%)

0

5 (35.71%)

Group B

1041 (100%)

895 (85.98%)

14 (1.34%)

132 (12.68%)

• Multinodular goiter

377 (36.22%)

341 (90.45%)

7 (1.86%)

29 (7.69%)

• Differentiated carcinoma

330 (31.7%)

238 (72.12%)

4 (1.21%)

88 (26.67%)

• Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

208 (19.98%)

199 (95.67%)

2 (0.96%)

7 (3.37%)

• Graves’ disease

111 (10.66%)

106 (95.5%)

1 (0.9%)

4 (3.6%)

• Medullary carcinoma

15 (1.44%)

11 (73.33%)

0

4 (26.67%)