Effect of steroid in prevention of low blood calcium level in patient undergoing thyroid surgery.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/03/041396
- Lead Sponsor
- Yashwant Singh Rathore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.No preoperative voice dysfunction.
2. No preoperative corrected hypocalcemia.
3. Patient requiring total/neartotal thyroidectomy.
4. Normal preoperative serum calcium and iPth.
1. Refusal to give consent.
2. History of head and neck surgery and previous irradiation.
3. Known vocal cord dysfunction on laryngoscopy.
4. Contraindication to use dexamethasone.
stomach and duodenal ulcer disease currently or in the past.
5. taking medications that affect calcium metabolism: anti-resorptive drugs, anabolic drugs,thiazide diuretics, furosemide, proton pump inhibitors, antacids.
6. Staged thyroidectomy will not be included in study.(like completion thyroidectomy)
7. Thyroid malignancy with extrathyroid extension or requiring LN dissection will be excluded from study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study effectiveness of prophylactic steroid in prevention of hypocalcemia both clinically and laboratory in patient undergoing total/neartotal thyroidectomy.Timepoint: CALCIUM level will be measured before the operation then CALCIUM level after 6hr, 24hr, 48hr and 2weeks after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1 To study the effect of steroid on post-operative voice changes using GRBAS scale <br/ ><br>2 To study demographic data of the patient <br/ ><br>3 To study other measure like postoperative pain and vomiting in these patientTimepoint: 6hr, 24hr, 48hr and 2weeks after surgery