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Table 3 Duration of retained drains, complications and length of hospital stay

From: Is the routine pressure dressing after thyroidectomy necessary? A prospective randomized controlled study

 

Pressure dressing (n = 57)

Non-pressure dressing (n = 59)

p-value

95% Confidence Interval of the difference

Duration of retained drains (days)

2.32 ± 0.51

2.36 ± 0.71

0.225a

-0.27–0.19a

Complications

    

   Cutaneous bruising

1

0

1.044b

 

   Hemorrhage

0

1

0.975b

 

Hospital stay (days)

4.37 ± 0.52

4.37 ± 0.69

0.543a

-0.23–0.22a

  1. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
  2. a Calculated using the unpaired t-test
  3. b Calculated with the chi-square test
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