The evaluation of recurrent laryngeal nerves exposure during thyroid resection:a meta-analysis / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate recurrent laryngeal nerves exposure during thyroid resection. Methods Nineteen case-control clinical trials were collected from relevant studies published in different Chinese databases, and 9269 cases were collected for analysis OR (odds ratios). 95% confidence intervals using the Mantel-Haenszel method for a fixed-effects model, and the Mantel-Haenszel method for a random-effects model were summarized. Both fixed effect model and random effect model were applied to analyze the results and heterogeneity. Results The injury rate of the recurrent laryngeal nerves was significantly lower in exposure group ( OR 0.29, 95% CI 0.16～0.54, P