Table 5 Postoperative complications (n = 74).

From: Surgical outcomes of robotic thyroidectomy for thyroid tumors over 4 cm via the bilateral axillo-breast approach

Postoperative complication

n, %

Vocal cord palsy

 Transient

3/74 (4.1%)

 Permanent

0/74 (0.0%)

Other complications

0/74 (0%)

 Bleeding

0/74 (0%)

 Seroma

0/74 (0%)

 Wound Infection

0/74 (0%)

 Flap injury

0/74 (0%)

 Tracheal injury

0/74 (0%)

Hypoparathyroidism*

 Transient

3/11 (27.2%)

 Permanent

1/11 (9.1%)

  1. *Hypoparathyroidism was evaluated in 11 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy.