[Table/Fig-2]:
The complications incurred in our study were compared as follows
| Authors | year | No. of subjects | Transient hypocalcemia | Temporary RLN palsy | Permanent RLN palsy |
| Lodovico Rosato et al., [23] | 2004 | 14,934 | 8.3% | 2% | 1% |
| Shaha A et al., [24] | 1998 | 200 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0% |
| JG Filho et al., [25] | 1990-2000 | 1020 | 13.1% | 1.4% | 0.4% |
| Wen TS et al., [26] | 1993-2002 | 60 | 12% | 2.0% | 0% |
| Sudarshanbabu K.G et al., [27] | 2013 | 50 | 12% | 4% | 2.0% |
| Our study | 2009-2013 | 105 | 1.9% | 3.8% | 0.9% |