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 3

Perioperative complications.

Complications	TOETVA (n = 60)	OS (n = 61)	value
Seroma	1 (1.7)	2 (3.3)	0.51
Hematoma	0	1 (1.6)	0.55
Hypoparathyroidism	0	0	—
Hoarseness	7 (11.7)	9 (14.8)	0.62
Postoperative bleeding	0	0	—
Wound infection	0	0	—

Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation; LND, lymph nodes dissection.