Bipolar Thermofusion BiClamp 150 in Thyroidectomy: A Review of 1156 Operations

Table 1

Duration of surgery in minutes according to extent of the surgery.

Group	BiClamp			Ligature			𝑃 value*
	𝑁	Median (min)	Mean (min)	𝑁	Median (min)	Mean (min)
TTE	679	90	89.66	263	120	122.90	<0.001
TTE + BND	26	137.5	145.08	9	165	171.67	0.144
HTE	114	60	63.12	65	75	82.63	<0.001
Total	819	82	87.72	337	120	116.44	<0.001

HTE: hemithyroidectomy; TTE: total thyroidectomy; BND: bloc neck dissection.
*Two-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney) test.