Quality of life after endoscopic vs. conventional open thyroidectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We have performed a meta-analysis of studies reporting on Health-related quality of life (QoL) after endoscopic thyroidectomy (ETx) vs. open thyroidectomy (OTx).

Objectives

The objective was to evaluate the QoL outcomes of ETx compared to OTx.

Methods

Eligibility criteria: Studies comparing ETx vs OTx INFORMATION SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane library, and online registers were searched for articles comparing QoL in ETx vs OTx.

Risk of bias

Articles were assessed for risk of bias using Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions (ROBINS-I) tool.

Synthesis of results

The main summary measures using the random effects model were mean difference (MD).

Results

Three studies were included in the meta-analysis.  Two studies

SUBMITTER: Agrawal V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12021691 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature