Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted versus Minimally Invasive Nonendoscopic Thyroidectomy

Table 4

Size of incision, duration of surgery, and postoperative blood loss.

	MIVAT-HTE	MINET-HTE	𝑃	MIVAT-TTE	MINET-TTE	𝑃
Length of incision	19±6 (11–30) mm	23±5 (15–30) mm	0.06	25±5 (15–30) mm	26±5 (15–30) mm	0.30
Duration of surgery	77±24 (47–150) min	71±15 (44–100) min	0.98	108±33 (60–240) min	96±18 (62–130) min	0.05
Blood loss*	42±39 (10–170) mL	34±19 (10–70) mL	0.49	61±32 (14–120) mL	63±25 (20–140) mL	0.83

MIVAT: minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy; MINET: minimally invasive nonendoscopic thyroidectomy; *measured from the bottle of the active drainage.