Propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia is associated with less postoperative recurrence than desflurane anesthesia in thyroid cancer surgery

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  Fig 1. Flow diagram detailing the selection of patients included in the retrospective analysis. 50 patients were excluded due to combined propofol anesthesia with inhalation anesthesia (INHA), INHA other than desflurane, incomplete data, age < 20 years, and thyroid cancer other than papillary thyroid carcinoma.

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  Fig 2. (A) Overall survival curves from the date of surgery by anesthesia type. (B) Overall recurrence curves from the date of surgery by anesthesia type. (C) Overall survival curves from the date of surgery by anesthesia type after propensity score matching. (D) Overall recurrence curves from the date of surgery by anesthesia type after propensity score matching.