Haemostasis in Thyroid Surgery: Collagen-Fibrinogen-Thrombin Patch versus Cellulose Gauze—Our Experience

Table 2

Postoperative outcomes.

	A: standard treatment (69)	B: cellulose gauze (81)	C: CFTP; (76)	One-way ANOVA; value	Post hoc Tukey test; value
Operation length, mean ± SD, (range); min	112 ± 26.63; (75–180)	111 ± 14.91; (90–140)	114 ± 30.62; (80–190)	0.679	A : B 0.899; A : C 0.758; B : C 0.672
Drainage volume, mean ± SD, (range); mL	80 ± 9.83; (70–100)	79 ± 12.19; (65–105)	60 ± 9.38; (50–80)	<0.001	A : B 0.740; A : C p < 0.001; B : C p < 0.001
Postoperative hemorrhage, (%)	2 (2.9%)	1 (1.2%)	0	0.315	A : B 0.637; A : C 0.283; B : C 0.758
Seroma, (%)	0	5 (6.2%)	0	0.010	A : B 0.026; A : C 0.899; B : C 0.022
Transient postoperative hypoparathyroidism, (%)	8 (11.6%)	6 (7.4%)	7 (9.2%)	0.681	A : B 0.643; A : C 0.863; B : C 0.899
Transient recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, (%)	4 (5.8%)	3 (3.7%)	4 (5.3%)	0.824	A : B 0.806; A : C 0.899; B : C 0.886
Total postoperative morbidity; (%)	14 (20.3%)	15 (18.5%)	11 (14.5%)	0.641	A : B 0.899; A : C 0.622; B : C 0.766