Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies.
Table 2.
Results of the quality assessment.
Fig 1.
Study flow diagram.
Table 3.
Summary of the excluded studies and reason(s) for exclusion.
Fig 2.
Forest plot of transient facial nerve paresis.
Fig 3.
Forest plot of permanent facial nerve paralysis.
Table 4.
Results of the secondary outcomes of RFND versus AFND in this meta-analysis.
Fig 4.
Begg’s funnel plot for transient facial nerve paresis.
Fig 5.
Egger’s linear regression for transient facial nerve paresis.