Objective To investigate the advantages and disadvantages of intraoperative neuromonitoring(IONM)versus conventional exposure of recurrent laryngeal nerve(RLN)in preventing RLN injury in thyroid surgery. Methods Wanfang Data,CNKI,CBM,PubMed,and Embase were searched for randomized controlled trials,case-control studies,and cohort studies on the effect of IONM versus conventional exposure of RLN in thyroid surgery.Stata 13.0software was used to perform the Meta-analysis and compare the outcomes. Results A tot...