Short Stay Thyroid Surgery: Can We Replicate the Same in Low Resource Setting?

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria [9].

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Clinical	(i) Previous thyroid surgery
(i) Patients of all age group	(ii) Ultrasound-estimated thyroid volumes >80 ml
(ii) Patients of ASA grades I & II	(iii) Patients on drugs that have an effect on coagulation
(iii) First neck surgery
(iv) Euthyroidism
(v) Ultrasound estimated volume <80 ml
(vi) Patients undergoing hemithyroidectomy
Social-logistic
(i) Established autonomy at admission
(ii) Adequate home support at discharge
(iii) Able to communicate