Impact of Dissection Area on the Clinical Outcome of Endoscopic Thyroidectomy

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• Conditions: Thyroid Tumor

• Registration Number: NCT01338597
• Lead Sponsor: Second Military Medical University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether reduced subcutaneous dissection area could offer patients more clinical benefits.

Detailed Description

To create a working place in the chest wall is an inevitable step of endoscopic thyroidectomy. Large subcutaneous area was considered a drawback of endoscopic thyroidectomy. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether subcutaneous dissection area has influence on clinical outcome of endoscopic thyroidectomy, such as post-operative pain, complication rate and post-operative discomfort.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2011-04
• Study Start: 2011-04
• Study First Submitted: 2011-04-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-04-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-04-18
• Study First Posted: 2011-04-19
• Last Update Posted: 2011-04-19
• Primary Completion: 2011-12
• Study Completion: 2012-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• thyroid nodule diagnosed by ultrasound
• willing to undergo endoscopic thyroidectomy

Exclusion Criteria

• conversion to open surgery
• unwilling to join the research

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
post-operative pain	24h post-operation	24hs after operation, post-operative pain is evaluated by VAS(visual analoge scale)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of patients with adverse effect	within 3 months after surgery	record how many patients had adverse effects(eg. bruise, seroma, hematoma, hoarseness,hypocalciemia)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital; 🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China