Operative time, intraoperative blood loss, number of central lymph node dissections, postoperative drainage volume, length of hospital stay, postoperative infection, hypoparathyroidism, perioperative recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, complication, hypocalcemia, subcutaneous ecchymosis, cough, trachyphonia, postoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH), postoperative blood calcium, pain score of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), swallowing discomfort, hematoma, central lymph node dissection time, and satisfaction with cosmetic effects were subjected to meta-analyses. The gene discussed is PTH; the disease is infection.