Safety and Effectiveness of Total Thyroidectomy and Its Comparison with Subtotal Thyroidectomy and Other Thyroid Surgeries: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury in various thyroid procedures.

Study	Surgical procedure	Incidence of permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury
Barczyński et al. [35]	TT versus BST	5.49% versus 2.1%
Vaiman et al. [36]	TT versus NTT; TT versus STT	1.4% versus 1.2%; 1.4% versus 1.1%
Tezelman et al. [37]	TT versus BST	No significant difference
Vaiman et al. [38]	TT versus STT; TT versus reoperation	1.4% versus 1.2%; 1.4% versus 3%
Yang et al. [39]	TT versus STT	1.89% versus 1.68%
Zaraca et al. [40]	TT versus NTT	Not reported
Ozbas et al. [41]	TT versus NTT	1.9% versus 0.6%
Erbil et al. [42]	TT versus NTT	0.9% versus 0.9%

TT: total thyroidectomy; STT: subtotal thyroidectomy; NTT: near total thyroidectomy; BST: bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy.