Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Drains Usage Vs Without Drains After Thyroid Surgery

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Thyroid Surgery; Drains; Post Thyroidectomy Complications

• Registration Number: NCT06765174
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to compare patients who used drain to patients who did not use drain post-thyroidectomy regarding the short-term outcomes .

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-01-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-03
• Study First Posted: 2025-01-09
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-09
• Study Start: 2025-12
• Primary Completion: 2026-12
• Study Completion: 2027-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• (1) Male or female patients undergoing thyroidectomy (2) Patients with ages: from 18 to 60 years old. (3) Patients with normal thyroid function tests (4) Patients who are fit for general-anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria

• (1) Patients with bleeding diathesis and those on anticoagulants. (2) Patients with thyrotoxicosis (uncontrolled) (3) Patients those requiring neck L.N dissection. (4) Patients with previous neck surgeries. (5) Patients with severe comorbid conditions with high risk for general anesthesia.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of hematoma post-operative .	24 hours	Rate of post operative hematoma formation and effect of drain in preventing it

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of re intervention	7 days
Post-operative pain by visual analogue scale	3 days
Rate of infection	7 days	Compare Rate of surgical site infection between two groups
Post-operative hospital stay in days	7 days	Length of hospital stay: described as the length of a single hospitalization, which is determined by subtracting the day of admission from the day of discharge. Data are collected from patients underwent thyroid surgery using a pretested, structured interviewer-administered questionnaire, medical record review,
Patient satisfaction by likert scale	7 days