Table 2. Comparison of complications with or without drain after hemithyroidectomy

	No drain (N=118)	Negative drain (N=102)	p-value
Seroma	1	0	0.536
Hematoma	0	1	0.464
Wound infection	0	0
Transient VCP	5( 4.2%)	5( 4.9%)	0.532
Permanent VCP	0	0
Transient hypocalcemia	27(22.9%)	17(16.7%)	0.311
Permanent hypocalcemia	0	0

VCP: vocal cord palsy.