Introduction
Materials and methods
Patients
Surgery
Data collection
Statistical analysis
Results
Electrocautery (34) | Ultrasonic scalpel (40) | P-value | |
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Age, mean (SD), years | 48.68 ± 11.15 | 50.92 ± 16.17 | 0.645 |
Months on dialysis, mean (SD) | 98.79 ± 38.99 | 85.62 ± 26.98 | 0.373 |
Female/male, n (%) | 16 (47.1%) | 21 (52.5%) | 0.816 |
Body weight (kg) | 66.00 ± 10.23 | 69.09 ± 10.94 | 0.498 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 6 (17.6%) | 9 (22.5%) | 0.775 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 25 (73.5%) | 32 (80.0%) | 0.585 |
Hepatitis virus, n (%) | 4 (16.7%) | 6 (15.0%) | 0.745 |
Serum potassium (mmol/L) | 4.24 ± 0.32 | 4.36 ± 0.42 | 0.675 |
Serum calcium (mmol/L) | 2.48 ± 0.29 | 2.33 ± 0.19 | 0.105 |
Alkaline phosphate (U/L) | 251.00 (128.00, 526.00) | 402.00 (146.50, 792.50) | 0.377 |
Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 2.50 ± 0.32 | 2.13 ± 0.56 | 0.317 |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.19 ± 0.83 | 3.87 ± 1.15 | 0.228 |
Albumin (g/L) | 42.35 ± 5.21 | 39.26 ± 4.00 | 0.082 |
iPTH, pg/mL | 1433.93 ± 812.04 | 1366.00 ± 747.26 | 0.886 |
Serum phosphorus (mmol/L) | 2.33 ± 0.66 | 2.48 ± 0.68 | 0.464 |
Serum magnesium (mmol/L) | 0.98 ± 0.12 | 0.99 ± 0.14 | 0.844 |
Electrocautery (34) | Ultrasonic scalpel (40) | P-value | |
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Serum phosphorus (mmol/L) | 1.80 ± 0.46 | 1.84 ± 0.38 | 0.759 |
Serum calcium (mmol/L) | 2.37 ± 0.20 | 2.24 ± 0.22 | 0.096 |
Serum magnesium (mmol/L) | 0.95 ± 0.09 | 0.93 ± 0.10 | 0.588 |
Alkaline phosphate (mmol/L) | 517.50 (168.42, 897.54) | 585.70 (148.75, 924.23) | 0.564 |
iPTH (pg/mL) | 82.55 (29.35, 172.88) | 58.00 (28.25, 182.60) | 0.873 |
Electrocautery (34) | Ultrasonic scalpel (40) | P-value | |
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Operating time (min) | 123.00 ± 25.16 | 94.00 ± 16.84 | 0.030 |
Drainage amount (mL) | 145.58 ± 46.83 | 119.31 ± 51.77 | 0.020 |
Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0.460 |
Postoperative infection | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0.460 |
Number of days with drain | 5.80 ± 2.14 | 4.40 ± 1.62 | 0.042 |
Postoperative hospital stay (days) | 10.70 ± 4.21 | 8.60 ± 3.65 | 0.030 |