Comparison of Conventional Open Thyroidectomy and Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via Breast Approach for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 1

Comparison of clinical characteristics of the patients in two groups.

	Endoscopic ()	Open ()	value
Gender			0.555
Female	32 (94.1%)	26 (86.7%)
Male	2 (5.9%)	4 (13.3%)
Median age (range, years)	30 (16–44)	43 (25–76)	<0.05
Mean tumor size (cm)	0.7 ± 0.3	0.8 ± 0.4	0.121
Capsular invasion	2 (5.9%)	3 (10.0%)	0.884
Lymph node metastasis	8 (23.5%)	4 (13.3%)	0.351
Operation time (min)	95 ± 15	33 ± 5	<0.01
Intraoperative bleeding (mL)	30 ± 37	16 ± 10	0.039
Number of dissected lymph nodes	2.4 ± 2.9	2.2 ± 1.9	0.774
Number of positive lymph nodes	0.8 ± 2.0	0.2 ± 0.7	0.114
Time of removing drainage (days)	4.8 ± 1.4	2.7 ± 0.7	<0.01