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Table 1 Details of the included articles

From: Efficacy and safety of fibrin sealant application in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Surgery

Year

Race

Planned sample size

Number randomized

Case (T/C, n)

No. of drop-outs

Intervention

Control

Uwiera et al.

Thyroidectomy

2005

Canada

-

56

26/30

0

Tisseel FS

No FS

S Sözen et al.

Thyroidectomy

2011

Turkey

100

100

50/50

0

CryoSeal FS

With suction drain

Kim et al.

Thyroidectomy

and central

neck

dissection

2012

South

Korea

72

78

38/40

0

Berplast P FS

No FS

Hornig et al.

Thyroidectomy

2016

USA

110

70

28/27

15

Evicel FS

Saline Placebo

Vidal-Pérez et al.

Thyroidectomy

and neck

dissection

2016

Spain

60

60

30/30

0

Tissucol FS

No FS

Geraci et al.

Thyroidectomy

2019

Italy

262

262

134/128

0

Tisseel FS

With suction drain

Eun Ju Ha et al.

Thyroidectomy

and neck

dissection

2022

South

Korea

41

41

20/21

0

6 mL tisseel FS

2 mL tisseel FS

  1. T: treatment group; C: control group; FS: Fibrin sealant