showed a trendP =0.0628
Multivariate regression analysis of predictors of longer than 8 days admission found that a higher removed gland weight correlated with longer length of hospitalization (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.07–1.5526; P =0.0308) and elevated alkaline phosphatase showed a trend toward significant correlation (95% CI −0.0002 to 0.0092; P =0.0628) for the same outcome.