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

Table 2

Intra- and postoperative variables.

	All patients (n = 464)
Number of surgeries per year^#	39 (18–50)
Operating time (min)	61.9 ± 26.3
Intraoperative complications (n (%))	5 (1.1%)
Overall postoperative morbidity (n (%))	13 (2.8%)
Clavien–Dindo 2	8 (1.7%)
Clavien–Dindo 3	3 (0.6%)
Clavien–Dindo 4	1 (0.2%)
Clavien–Dindo 5	1 (0.2%)
Reoperation (n (%))	3 (0.6%)
Overall postoperative mortality (n (%))	1 (0.2%)
Length of hospital stay (days)	2.5 ± 1.0

Expressed in mean ± standard deviation; ^#expressed in median (range).