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Table 5

Comparisons of postoperative complications.

Variables	Group A	Group B	value
	(N = 378)	(N = 1109)
Postoperative hypocalcemia
Temporary	28 (7.4%)	44 (4.0%)	0.012
Persistent	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	1.000
RLN monolateral palsy
Temporary	12 (3.2%)	26 (2.3%)	0.352
Persistent	3 (0.8%)	15 (1.4%)	0.586
Chyle leakage	18 (4.8%)	41 (3.7%)	0.362
Hematoma	2 (0.5%)	13 (1.2%)	0.380
Wound infection	3 (0.8%)	6 (0.5%)	0.701

RLN: recurrent laryngeal nerve.