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Demographics, diagnoses and types of thyroid surgery performed |
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| Pressure dressing (n = 57) |
Non-pressure dressing (n = 59) |
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| Demographics |
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| Age |
46.39 |
44.10 |
| Sex (female) (%) |
50 (87.7) |
51 (86.4) |
| Diagnoses |
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| Thyroid nodule (%) |
35 (61.4) |
30 (50.8) |
| Multinodular goiter (%) |
12 (21.1) |
11 (18.6) |
| Graves' disease (%) |
4 (7.0) |
5 (8.5) |
| Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (%) |
6 (10.5) |
13 (22.0) |
| Types of thyroid surgery |
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| Group 1 |
47 |
51 |
| Lobectomy |
42 |
38 |
| Completion thyroidectomy |
5 |
13 |
| Group 2 |
10 |
8 |
| Subtotal thyroidectomy |
4 |
1 |
| Total thyroidectomy |
6 |
7 |
Piromchai et al. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders 2008 8:1 doi:10.1186/1472-6815-8-1 |
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