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

Table 4

Trainee versus consultant performed short stay thyroidectomy.

Items	Trainee performed (n=39)	Consultant performed (n=19)	p value
Median thyroid volume (in ml)	25.66 ± 18.48	20.05 ± 15.79	0.263
Procedure time (in minutes)	124.89 ± 24.64	108.77 ± 30.79	0.051
PADS	9.79 ± 0.409	9.79 ± 0.419	0.963
Complications
(i) Hemorrhage	1 (2.56%)	0	0.686
(ii) Hoarseness of voice
(a) Transient	0	1 (5.26%)
(b) Permanent	0	0
(iii) Seroma / wound infection	3 (7.69%)	3 (15.79%)
(iv) Others	2 (5.13%)	0
Final Histopathology
(i) Benign	35 (89.74%)	17 (89.47%)	0.975
(ii) Malignant	4 (10.26%)	2 (10.53%)