A clinical trial to compare quality of life between patients undergoing laproscopic and open thyroid Surgery.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: E040- Nontoxic diffuse goiterHealth Condition 2: E049- Nontoxic goiter, unspecifiedHealth Condition 3: E042- Nontoxic multinodular goiterHealth Condition 4: E041- Nontoxic single thyroid noduleHealth Condition 5: E048- Other specified nontoxic goiter
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/07/026374
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Vaibhav Aggarwal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Age above 18 years
Benign or cytologically indeterminate lesions involving single lobe of size <= 5cm or 40ml
Exclusion Criteria
Age below 18 yrs
Refusal to give consent
Patients not fit for general anaesthesia/ neck extension required for surgical positioning
History of head and neck surgery and previous irradiation
All thyroid lesions of size Ë? 5 cm or 40ml
All malignant lesions of thyroid
Evidence of active clinical hyperthyroidism or thyroiditis
Substernal thyroidal extension of swelling
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life using SF-36 and thyroid specific questionaires at 2, 6 and 12 weeks post surgeryTimepoint: 2, 6 and 12 weeks post surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method cosmetic outcome and post operative complicationsTimepoint: 2, 6 and 12 weeks after surgery