TG and hypoparathyroidism: In Fig. 2, Egger's test and Begg's funnel plot analysis confirmed that there was no publication bias in the included studies as follows: operation time (0.1032), hospitalization (0.3126), retrieved LN number (0.1302), postoperative thyroglobulin level (0.5011) or incidence of permanent hypoparathyroidism (0.1121), permanent VCP (0.5193), and transient hypoparathyroidism (0.2093).