Is negative suction drain placement mandatory after thyroidectomy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 3: E368- Other intraoperative complicationsof endocrine system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/12/038770
- Lead Sponsor
- Amrita institute of Medical sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing total thyroidectomy and hemi thyroidectomy for benign and malignant disorders in the deoartment of general surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients requiring neck dissection in addition to thyroidectomy.
2. Patients with hyperthyroidism.
3. Patients with retrosternal extension.
4.Completion thyroidectomy
5. Large volume thyroid, >30 ml.
6.Patients on anti coagulation
7.Patients not willing to participate in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To measure the incidence of seroma, surgical site infection and haematoma following thyroidectomy with placement of negative suction drain and without placement of negative suction drain.Timepoint: 4hours after surgery,second post operative day,10 to 12 days, 1 month.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the length of hospital stay in patients with drain and without drainTimepoint: 5 months