Thyroidectomy in a Surgical Volunteerism Mission: Analysis of 464 Consecutive Cases

Table 1

Demographics and preoperative variables.

	All patients (n = 464)
Age (years)	40.3 ± 10.8
Gender (n (%))
Male	72 (15.5%)
Female	392 (84.5%)
BMI (kg/m^2)	22.6 ± 3.3
ASA (n (%))
I	414 (89%)
II	45 (10%)
III	5 (1%)
Comorbidities (n (%))	50 (10.8%)
Diagnosis (n (%))
Benign	398 (85.8%)
Malignant	66 (14.2%)
Length of current disease (years)	7.8 ± 6.1
Number of surgeries per year^#	39 (18–50)

Expressed in mean ± standard deviation; ^#expressed in median (range). BMI, body mass index; ASA, American College of Surgeons.