Nontoxic Multinodular Goitre and Incidental Thyroid Cancer: What Is the Best Surgical Strategy?—A Retrospective Study of 2032 Patients

Table 3

Persistent complications, evaluated six months postoperatively.

Type of surgery	Type of persistent complications
	URLNP (Chi^2)		BRLNP (Chi^2)		OT (Chi^2)		Total (Chi^2)
TT	9 (1.03%)	0.086	1 (0.11%)	0.51	11 (1.26%)	0.052	21 (2.42%)	0.005
STT	3 (0.64%)		1 (0.21%)		2 (0.43%)		6 (1.29%)
DO	1 (0.14%)		0 (0.0%)		2 (0.28%)		3 (0.42%)

TT: total thyroidectomy; STT: subtotal thyroidectomy; DO: Dunhill operation; URLNP: unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; BRLNP: bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; OT: overt tetany.