Clinical Study
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 |
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