The Benefits and Risks of Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Prospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Comparison of complication rates.

	TT	TT plus CND	value
Vocal cord paralysis
Transient	2 (1.9%)	5 (3.3%)	0.245
Permanent	0	2 (1.3%)	0.211
Hypoparathyroidism
Transient	21 (20.3%)	56 (36.6%)	0.043
Permanent	2 (1.9%)	5 (3.3%)	0.245
Bleeding	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.3%)	0.705
Seroma	2 (1.9%)	3 (2.0%)	0.817