Table-I.

Basic characteristics of patients with transoral approach and areolar thyroidectomy.

Author	Country	Age/years	Females	Type of operation	Pathology
Ding et al.201714	China	33.1 ±2.4 vs. 34.2 ±2.6	50% vs. 60%	thyroidectomy	Thyroid disease
Guo et al. 202015	China	29.8±0.96 vs. 33.75±1.19	All women	lobectomy	Papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
Shen et al. 202112	China	37.8±12.4 vs. 41.2±11.9	63.2% vs. 64.9%	lobectomy	Benign thyroid nodules
Sun et al. 201616	China	29.65±6.57 vs. 34.59±7.69	86% vs. 86.5%	Lobectomy	Papillary thyroid carcinomas <2cm
Xu et al. 20191	China	30.46 ±6.93 vs. 33.3 ±6.94	91.7% vs. 88.6%	lobectomy	Papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
Yan et al. 202217	China	32.14±6.54 vs. 34.56±7.06	73.8% vs. 83.3%	lobectomy	Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
Yang et al. 201518	China	31.9±8.8 vs. 31.0±8.9	75.8% vs. 63.3%	thyroidectomy	Thyroid disease
Zhang et al. 202019	China	22.2±3.0 vs. 23.7±3.8	91.7% vs. 100%	lobectomy	Unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma
Zhang et al. 202120	China	33.4±6.8 vs. 34.4±7.6	70.4% vs. 100%	lobectomy	Unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Hou et al. 201921	China	32.54±7.59 vs. 33.83±8.10	78.9% vs. 60%	lobectomy	Unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma.