Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted versus Minimally Invasive Nonendoscopic Thyroidectomy

Table 5

Postoperative pain and analgesics consumption.

	MIVAT-HTE	MINET-HTE	𝑃	MIVAT-TTE	MINET-TTE	𝑃
Postoperative pain
VAS^1 h postoperatively	1.7±1.4 (0–8)	1.8±1.7 (0–6)	0.96	1.9±1.5 (0–5)	2.4±2 (0–6)	0.18
VAS^6 h postoperatively	1.5±1.5 (0–5)	1.7±1.3 (0–5)	0.57	1.2±1.1 (0–5)	1.2±1.4 (0–5)	0.66
VAS^12 h postoperatively	0.3±0.6 (0–2)	1.5±0.8 (0–5)	0.49	0.6±1 (0–4)	1.1±1.6 (0–5)	0.07
Analgesics consumption
Opiates*	13	23	0.37	26	34	0.07
Nonopiates**	3	6	0.65	3	14	<0.01
Without analgesics postoperatively	5	5	0.47	13	6	0.06
Without analgesics since 1st postoperative day	17	24	0.65	36	26	0.01

MIVAT: minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy; MINET: minimally invasive nonendoscopic thyroidectomy; VAS: 10 grade visual analogue scale; *opiates administered at the day of surgery; **nonopiates administered since the surgery.