Thyroidectomy as Treatment of Choice for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Table 3

Frequency of hypoparathyroidism and laryngeal nerve damage in patients who underwent total thyroidectomy.

	Primary thyroidectomy (n = 334)		Completion thyroidectomy (n = 25)
	n.	%	n.	%
Permanent hypoparathyroidism	11	3.3	2	8
Transient hypoparathyroidism	13	3.9	1	4
Permanent laryngeal nerve damage	3	0.9	1	4
Transient laryngeal nerve damage	4	1.2	—	—