Quality of Life and Surgical Outcome of Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach (TOETVA) versus Open Thyroid Surgery: Experience from a Single Center in Vietnam
Table 2
Surgical outcomes.
TOETVA (n = 60)
Open (n = 61)
value
Types of thyroid surgery, n (%)
Total thyroidectomy
14 (23.3)
16 (62.5)
0.637
Hemithyroidectomy and isthmus
39 (65.0)
36 (59.0)
Hemithyroidectomy
7 (11.6)
9 (14.8)
Lymph node dissection
No
10 (16.7)
11 (18.0)
0.634
Unilateral
39 (65)
36 (59.0)
Bilateral
11 (18.3)
14 (23.0)
Operative time (minutes)
102.9 ± 26.1
66.8 ± 23.8
0.0001
Blood loss (ml)
5.6 ± 2.2
6.6 ± 2.7
0.127
VAS score
Postoperative day 1
3.76 ± 0.19
3.8 ± 0.9
0.637
Postoperative day 2
2.29 ± 0.83
2.57 ± 0.91
0.14
Hospital stays (days)
5.9 ± 1.1
6.6 ± 2.0
0.034
Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation; LND: lymph nodes dissection.
