Table 1 Postoperative thyroidectomy patients’ information who had undergone laryngeal nerve dissection at Tibeb ghion Hospital, June 2021 to August 2022.

From: Anatomical variations of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and postoperative outcomes in thyroid surgeries conducted at a teaching hospital in Ethiopia

 

Total patients

102

Gender

Males

10 (9.8%)

Females

92 (90.2%)

Indications of thyroidectomy

CTMNG

66 (64.7%)

SNG with compressive symptoms

16 (15.7%)

Thyroid cancer

14 (13.7%)

Thyroid neoplasms

6 (5.9%)

Type of thyroidectomy

Subtotal thyroidectomy

82 (80.4%)

Total thyroidectomy

15 (14.7%)

Near total thyroidectomy

5 (4.9%)