Table-II.

Pain score, cosmetic outcomes, and lymph nodes dissection among patients with remote thyroidectomy.

Character	Pain score		Cosmetic outcomes		Lymph node dissection
Author	TOETVA	Transeraolar	TOETVA	Transeraolar	TOETVA	Transeraolar
Ding et al.201714	2.1±0.75	2.05±0.58	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Guo et al. 202015	1.21±0.52	1.26±0.24	8.59±1.59	5.56±1.83	7.43±0.68	7.53±0.67
Shen et al. 202112	3.1±1.5	2.9±1.6	9.8±0.7	9.3±1.1	Not assessed	Not assessed
Sun et al. 201616	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	7.00±4.08	6.34±4.10
Xu et al. 20191	Not assessed	Not assessed	9.2 ±0.7	7.7 ±1.3	8.6 ±3.7	5.4±2.3
Yan et al. 202217	1.3	1.9	8.1	8.3	Not assessed	Not assessed
Yang et al. 201518	1.7 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.8	9.61±0.67	9.22±0.82	Not assessed	Not assessed
Zhang et al. 202019	Not assessed	Not assessed	9.9±0.3	9.8±0.5	Not assessed	Not assessed
Zhang et al. 202120	2.6 ± 1.1	2.8 ± 1.2	Not assessed	Not assessed	7.82 ± 3.35	5.26 ± 2.45
Hou et al. 201921	Not assessed	Not assessed	9.41±0.58	7.07±1.57	Not assessed	Not assessed