Complications After Thyroid Surgeries: 10 Years' Experience

Completed

• Conditions: Thyroid

• Registration Number: NCT05699304
• Lead Sponsor: South Valley University

Brief Summary

Thyroidectomy is one of the commonest elective surgeries in surgical practice nowadays. It is associated with wide range of complications, from unnoticed events up to lifelong problems and even life-threatening complications. The most troublesome are bleeding, nerve injury and hypocalcemia. The current study was conducted to report the incidence and predictive factors for perioperative complications, aiming to point out preventive measures.

Detailed Description

All files of all patients that had thyroidectomy in the hospital in the last 10 yeas will be reviewed. All demographic and peri-operative data will be collected, tabulated and analyzed.

Incidence and pre-operative predictive factors of every single complication will pointed out and discussed.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-26
• Study Start: 2023-01-30
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-01
• Study Completion: 2023-09-01
• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 241

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients had thyroid disease and performed thyroidectomy in the last 10 years in our hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

• Uncompleted files.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Bleeding	2 days	intraoperative or post operative bleeding.
Hypocalcemia	6 months	Clinically significant low serum calcium level/
Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury	1 week	Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University Hospitals; 🇪🇬 Qinā, Egypt