Are drains really necessary for patients undergoing parotid surgery?
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: D110- Benign neoplasm of parotid glandHealth Condition 2: null- superficial parotidectomy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/07/020209
- Lead Sponsor
- FLUID RESEARCH GRANT CMC VELLORE
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other (Terminated)
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing superficial parotidectomy for benign conditions of the superficial lobe.
Any tumors with histopathological surprise i.e. indicating malignant pathology postoperatively shall be included in the study upto the next surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
•Patients aged <18 years of age
•Pregnant women
•Patients on anticoagulant therapy
•Patients undergoing additional head and neck procedures at time of parotidectomy
•Not consenting for the study
•Clinical and histopathological evidence of malignancy prior to surgery
•Patients undergoing total or radical parotidectomy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method