Table 1. Review of the literature showing the rate of surgical complications after TTCND.
| Author | Year | N | Transient RLN palsy (%) | Permanent RLN palsy (%) | Transient HPT (%) | Permanent HPT (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry (12) | 1998 | 50 | 4.0 | 0 | 14.0 | 4.0 |
| Steinmuller (33) | 1999 | 53 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 39.6 | 1.9 |
| Pereira (14) | 2005 | 43 | 0 | 7.0 | 60.0 | 4.6 |
| Sywak (11) | 2006 | 56 | 1.8 | 0 | 17.9 | 1.8 |
| Lee (15) | 2007 | 78 | 0 ipsilateral | 0 ipsilateral | 20.5 ipsilateral | 0 ipsilateral |
| 25 | 0 bilateral | 0 bilateral | 48 bilateral | 0 bilateral | ||
| Roh (25) | 2007 | 82 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 30.5 | 4.9 |
| Palestini (27) | 2008 | 93 | 5.4 ipsilateral | 0 ipsilateral | 27.0 ipsilateral | 0 ipsilateral |
| 64 | 7.8 bilateral | 0 bilateral | 31.0 bilateral | 0 bilateral | ||
| Choi (34) | 2008 | 48 | 2.1 | 0 | 16.7 | 0 |
| Rosenbaum (29) | 2009 | 22 | – | 0 | 86.0 | 5.0 |
| Perrino (35) | 2009 | 92 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 1.5 |
| Hughes (36) | 2010 | 78 | – | 0 | 26.9 | 0 |
| Moo (37) | 2010 | 45 | 8.9 | 0 | 31.1 | 2.6 |
| Popadich (38) | 2011 | 259 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 9.6 | 0.8 |
| Giordano (7) | 2012 | 385 | 3.9 ipsilateral | 0.5 ipsilateral | 36.1 ipsilateral | 7.0 ipsilateral |
| 308 | 5.5 bilateral | 2.3 bilateral | 51.9 bilateral | 16.2 bilateral | ||
| Lang (8) | 2012 | 82 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 18.3 | 2.4 |
| So (39) | 2012 | 119 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 41.2 | 5.9 |
| Raffaelli (40) | 2012 | 62 | 1.6 ipsilateral | 1.6 ipsilateral | 25.8 ipsilateral | 0 ipsilateral |
| 62 | 0 bilateral | 0 bilateral | 56.4 bilateral | 1.6 bilateral | ||
| Wang (41) | 2012 | 49 | – | 2.0 | 42.9 | 0 |
| Barczynski (42) | 2013 | 358 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 30.4 | 2.2 |
| Calo (43) | 2014 | 65 | 3.1 | 0 | 38.5 | 10.8 |
| De Carvalho (44) | 2015 | 102 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 46.1 | 11.8 |
| Lee (45) | 2015 | 153 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 36.6 | 3.3 |
| Calo (46) | 2017 | 30 | 3.3 ipsilateral | 0 ipsilateral | 23.3 ipsilateral | 3.3 ipsilateral |
| 30 | 0 bilateral | 0 bilateral | 36.7 bilateral | 3.3 bilateral |