Thyroid disease
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:vertical mattress suture technique
Control group:conventional suture technique
Sponsors
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Neck incision for thyroid surgery; 2.Age between 18-50 years old; 3.No combined diseases related with the healing of surgical incision, such as scurvy, osteogenesis imperfecta, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; 4.Willing to participate and sign informed consent; 5.Willing to follow research protocol;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Incision is not on neck (including endoscopic and robotic thyroid surgery); 2. Receive other forms of scar treatment (such as laser, radiation therapy, drug injection, isotope dressing); 3. Scar diathesis; 4. Poor control of glycemic level in diabetes mellitus, long-term use of steroid hormones, immunosuppressants and other drugs are factors that affect incision healing; 5. Allergic or intolerant to sutures or drugs used; 6. There is any form of scar within 2 cm of the surgical incision; 7. Those who refuse to sign the informed consent;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| patient and observer scar assessment scale, POSAS;Vancouver scar scale, VSS;Scar width;Eversion of the wound edge; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Appearance of wound; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactKexin Meng
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
Outcome results
None listed