Postoperative adverse event Frequency (%) | All risk PTC patients n: 14,934 | Low-risk PTC patients n: 135 | ||
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Total Thyroidectomy | Lobectomy | Total Thyroidectomy | Lobectomy | |
Total adverse events | N/A | n = 33 (24.4%) | ||
Permanent adverse events |  | n = 13 (9.6%) | ||
Hypoparathyroidism | 10% | 17% | ||
 Transient | 14% | 0,4% | 9.7% | 0% |
 Permanent | 2,2% | 0,07% | 5.2% | |
 Partiala |  |  | 2.2% | |
 Parathyroid in surgical piece (without Hipoparathyroidism) |  |  | 3.8% | |
Vocal cord paralysis | 3.4% | 3% | ||
 Transient | 2,4% | 1,4% | 0.7% | 0% |
 Permanent | 1,3% | 0,6% | 2.2% | |
 Bilateral | 0,6% | 0% | 0.7% | |
Hypothyroidism | N/A | 100% | 50% | |
Hematoma | 1,6% | 0,4% | 1,5% | 0% |
Surgical wound infection | 0,4% | 0,13% | 0,7% | 0% |
Keloid scar | N/A | 2,2% | 0% | |
External superior laryngeal nerve injury | 0,4% | N/A | ||
Thoracic duct injury | 0,2% | |||
Ulnar nerve injury | 0,2% | |||
Otherb | 0,9% |