Prevalence of Cervical Extension of the Thymus in Children- A Prospective Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 220
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- 0
研究概览
简要总结
This prospective, observational study included all pediatric patients who were referred to the radiology department for neck ultrasonography between August-October 2018. A high-frequency probe was implemented and 220 patients were examined.
详细描述
This prospective single-centered study was approved by the Institutional Review Board for Ethical Issues in Clinical Research and is compatible with the Declaration of Helsinki. The patients referred to the radiology department for the neck US with various clinical indications between August-October 2018 were included in the study. The informed consent was taken from the parents of the patients. The patients who had any systemic illness, were treated for malignancy or had any history of lower neck or chest surgery, were excluded.
The neck US was performed by two radiologists. The length of the extended thymus, from the upper margin of the manubrium to the superior edge of the thymic tissue on the transverse plane, was measured in millimeters and recorded.
al analysis of the data was performed in SPSS, Version 24 program (IBM, Armonk, New York). Pearson Chi-Square Test was used in comparing categorical data between groups.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •The patients referred to the radiology department for the neck US with various clinical indications between August-October 2018 were included in the study.
排除标准
- •The patients who had any systemic illness, were treated for malignancy, or had any history of lower neck or chest surgery, were excluded.
结局指标
主要结局
0
时间窗: 3 months
As our trial has no intervention, so there were no positive or negative primary effects
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Habib Ahmad Esmat
Research committee
Kabul University of Medical Sciences