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Table 4 Comparison of overall material and medication costs for thyroidectomy under LA and GA

From: Thyroidectomy under local versus general anesthesia in health camp settings in Uganda: a randomized prospective equivalence single-blind controlled trial

Cost

General anesthesia

(29)N(%)

Local Anesthesia (29) N(%)

Overall

(58)N(%)

Chi squired test P value except for b

Cost in USD

78.0(72.7–79.3)a

65.1(61.5–67.1)a

70.1(65.1–78.4)a

< 0.001b

  1. b = Independent-Samples Kruskal-Wallis Test p value, a = median and Interquartile range
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