Nontoxic Multinodular Goitre and Incidental Thyroid Cancer: What Is the Best Surgical Strategy?—A Retrospective Study of 2032 Patients

Table 2

Early complications depending on the specific type of surgery.

	Type of surgery	Complications		Chi^2	URLNP			BRLNP
		Yes	No
RLNP	TT	18 (2.07%)	849		15 (1.73%)	852		3 (0.34%)	864
	STT	5 (1.07%)	459	<0.01	3 (0.64%)	461	<0.05	2 (0.43%)	460	0.25
	DO	2 (0.28%)	699		2 (0.28%)	699		0 (0.0%)	701
OT	TT	42 (4.84%)	825
	STT	6 (1.29%)	458	<0.0001
	DO	9 (1.28%)	692
POB	TT	11 (1.26%)	856
	STT	4 (0.86%)	460	0.209
	DO	3 (0.42%)	698
Total complications	TT	71 (8.18%)	796
	STT	15 (3.23%)	449	<0.0001
	DO	14 (1.99%)	687

RLNP: recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; URLPN: unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; BRLNP: bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; OT: overt tetany; POB: postoperation bleeding; TT: total thyroidectomy; STT: subtotal thyroidectomy; DO: Dunhill operation.