Pattern and Risk Factors of Central Compartment Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Prospective Study from an Endocrine Surgery Centre

Table 4

Comparison of morbidity following total thyroidectomy with CCD (𝑛=47); with total thyroidectomy alone (benign thyroid disorders; 𝑛=130).

	Total thyroidectomy; with CCD; 𝑛=47; (% age)	Total thyroidectomy; alone; 𝑛=130 (% age)	𝑃 value
Inadvertent parathyroidectomy	13 (27.7)	0
Temporary hypocalcemia	41 (87.2)	67 (51.5)	0.000*
Temporary RLN palsy	8 (17)	9 (6.9)	0.044*
Permanent hypoparathyroidism	1 (2.1)	3 (2.3)	0.458
Permanent RLN palsy	1 (2.1)	1 (0.8)	0.419