Is the Use of a Drain for Thyroid Surgery Realistic? A Prospective Randomized Interventional Study

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	Group 1	Group 2
Age	46.80(17--82)±12.90	44.33(20--79)±12.01
Gender (male/female)	21/179	26/174
Type of surgery; (total thyroidectomy/lobectomy)	164/36	172/28
Diagnosis
Benign	178 (89%)	184 (92%)
Malign	22 (11%)	16 (8%)
Toxic	24 (12%)	28 (14%)
Non-toxic	176 (88%)	172 (86%)