Table 1 Demographics of all patients who underwent thyroid surgery from 2007 to 2014
Preoperative vocal cord paralysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal mobility | Paralysis | |||
Total | 1898 (98.7 %) | 25 (1.3 %) | ||
Age | <30 | 139 (7.3 %) | 0 (0 %) | |
30–39 | 285 (15.0 %) | 1 (4.0 %) | ||
40–49 | 480 (25.2 %) | 5 (20.0 %) | ||
50–59 | 470 (24.7 %) | 5 (20.0 %) | ||
60–69 | 327 (17.2 %) | 7 (28.0 %) | ||
70–79 | 152 (8.0 %) | 3 (12.0 %) | ||
>80 | 44 (2.3 %) | 4 (16.0 %) | ||
p-value | ||||
Mean; range of age (years) | 50.7; 15–94 | 59.9; 36–88 | 0.0016 | |
Sex | Male | 424 (22.35 %) | 7 (28 %) | 0.3644 |
Female | 1474 (77.7 %) | 18 (72 %) | ||