Comparison Of Outcome Of Wound Closure After Thyroid Surgery With And Without Platysma Suturing

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain, Acute Postoperative
• Interventions: Procedure: Paltysma suturing; Procedure: Without Platysma suturing

• Registration Number: NCT06485011
• Lead Sponsor: Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore

Brief Summary

Comparison Of Outcome Of Wound Closure After Thyroid Surgery With And Without Platysma Suturing in terms of wound scar and pain.

Detailed Description

This randomized controlled trail was conducted at Surgical Ward from January 2021 to July 2021.

Materials and Methods Total 72 patients (indicated for thyroid surgery) who were fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled. Patients were divided randomly into two groups by using lottery method. In Group A patients wound closure was done without Platysma Suturing and in Group-B patients wound closure was done with Platysma Suturing. Pain assessment was done with the help of VAS after surgery (6, Hours, 24 hours, 48 hours). Scar assessment was carried out with the help of POSAS. All this information was noted by the researcher himself and noted on a well-designed questionnaire.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-07-01
• Study Completion: 2021-09-01
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-26
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

• : Both men and women patients in the age range (20-70 years) undergoing primary thyroid surgery were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with disorders of wound healing, diabetes mellitus, Pre-operative known malignant condition, history of neck surgery or not willing to participate in the study were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
With Platysma suturing	Paltysma suturing	platysma muscle was sutured in this group
Without Platysma suturing	Without Platysma suturing	platysma muscle was not sutured in this group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post operative Pain	48 hours	Pain assessed on visual analogue scale. higher the VAS score means more pain and lower score mean less pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Children Hospital; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan