Journal of Thyroid Research / 2022 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Quality of Life and Surgical Outcome of Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach (TOETVA) versus Open Thyroid Surgery: Experience from a Single Center in Vietnam TOETVA (n = 60) Open (n = 61) valueAge (years) 35.8 + 10.3 46.9 + 11.5 <0.001 Gender Female 54 (90) 54 (88.5) 0.793 Male 6 (10) 7 (11.5) Education >high school graduate 57 (95) 54 (88.5) 0.78 <high school graduate 3 (5) 7 (11.5) Employment status Employed 46 (76.7) 43 (70.5) 0.76 Unemployed 14 (23.3) 18 (29.5) Marital status Married 48 (80) 52 (85.2) 0.81 Nonmarried 12 (20) 9 (14.7) Thyroid size (mm) 10.9 ± 9.0 11.9 ± 9.1 0.56 Pathology, n (%) Benign goiter 14 (23.3) 16 (26.2) 0.9 Thyroid cancer 46 (76.7) 44 (72.1) Others 0 (0) 1 (1.07)