Health Condition 1: null- THYROIDECTOMY
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All adult pateintswith maliganant or benign disease admitted for total thyroidectomy in department of surgery, medical college trivandrum.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Previous neck surgeries. 2. Extrathyroid invasion of malignant thyroid tumors. 3. History of radiaton treatment of thyroid gland or radioiodine ablation and surgical procedure adjunct to thyroidectomy(parathyroidectomy or cervical lymphadenectomy)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| percentage of total thyroidectomy patients with hypocalcemia( serum calicium level lower than 8.2mg/dl or ionized calcium level lower than 4.4mg/dl) in both sutureless thyroidectomy and classical suture ligaton thyroidectomy.Timepoint: SERUM CALCIUM ESTIMATION IS DONE PREOPERATIVE, 12 HOURS AFTER SKIN CLOSURE AND 24 HOURS AFTER SKIN CLOSURE. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| AVERAGE POSTOPERATIVE HOSPITALIZATION PERIOD IN BOTH SUTURELESS AND SUTURE LIGATION THYROIDECTOMY PATIENTSTimepoint: 30 NOVEMBER 2014 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
MEDICAL COLLEGE. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM