Bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy vs the Dunhill procedure: Permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy [patient reported, confirmation by laryngoscopy]
Bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy showed no clear difference in permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy [patient reported,… compared with the Dunhill procedure (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy vs the Dunhill procedure Permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy [patient reported, confirmation by laryngoscopy] Bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy showed no clear difference in permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy [patient reported,… compared with the Dunhill procedure (low certainty). Thyroid surgery for Graves’ disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.14 [0, 6.82] | 3 studies · 592 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid surgery for Graves’ disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.