Effect of patient Age on surgical outcomes for Graves’ disease: a case–control study of 100 consecutive patients at a high volume thyroid surgical center

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of adult and pediatric patients

	Adult	Pediatric	p-value
Patients	68	32
Patients requiring IV Calcium	1	6	0.004*
RLN Injuries	0	1	0.32*
Hematomas	2	0	0.46*
Incidental Cancers	12	1	0.01*
Thyroid mass (g)/Body mass (kg)	0.67	0.94	0.05^†
Operative Time (hour:min)	1:37	2:09	0.001^†
Inpatient Post Operative Days	1.03	1.41	0.004^†

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