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Journal of Thyroid Research
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2014
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Tab 2
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Clinical Study
The Morbidity of Reoperative Surgery for Recurrent Benign Nodular Goitre: Impact of Previous Unilateral Thyroid Lobectomy versus Subtotal Thyroidectomy
Table 2
Incidence of RLN injury following reoperative surgery.
Group 1 (lobectomy)
Group 2 (subtotal)
value
Relative risk
Normal laryngoscopy
241 (83.9%)
214 (83.4%)
Transient RLN paralysis
16 (6.18%)
13 (5.53%)
0.85
0.92
Permanent RLN paralysis
2 (0.77%)
8 (3.4%)
0.038
4.38