Table 2 Comparison of the ratio of male–female sex, total thyroidectomy, and lateral neck dissection between enrolled patients with and without post-operative bleeding.

From: Comparison of delayed bleeding to immediate bleeding following thyroidectomy

Parameter

Patients without bleeding

Patients with bleeding

P value

Total number

30,067

126

 

Sex

 Male

6426 (21%)

54 (43%)

 < 0.001

 Female

23,641 (79%)

72 (57%)

Surgical extent

 Total

15,551 (52%)

76 (60%)

0.163

 Others

14,516 (48%)

50 (40%)

LND

 Yes

3231 (11%)

41 (33%)

0.007

 No

26,836 (89%)

85 (67%)

  1. The data are presented as n (%).
  2. Significant P-values (P < 0.05) are shown in bold text.