Correlation between surgical position and neck pain in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: a prospective observational study

Table 2 Multivariate analysis (multiple linear regression) of the factors influencing postoperative pain

Factor	RC	95% CI	Beta	p-value
Age	0.013	− 0.01; − 0.04	0.075	0.295
Gender: (0) M, (1) F	− 0.157	− 0.94; 0.63	− 0.028	0.694
BMI	0.035	− 0.04; 0.11	0.069	0.341
Surgery duration	− 0.002	− 0.02; 0.02	− 0.011	0.875
Inclination angle	0.112	0.05; 0.17	0.270	< 0.001
Neck length	− 0.162	− 0.42; 0.09	− 0.090	0.211
Type of surgery: (0) HT, (1) TT	0.838	− 0.01; 1.68	0.137	0.052
(Constant)	0.619	− 3.3; 4.5		0.753

RC regression coefficient, beta, partial correlation coefficient, HT hemithyroidectomy, TT total thyroidectomy, M male, F female, BMI body mass index

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