Thyroid Tumor
Conditions
Keywords
thyroidectomy, invasiveness
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether reduced subcutaneous dissection area could offer patients more clinical benefits.
Detailed description
To create a working place in the chest wall is an inevitable step of endoscopic thyroidectomy. Large subcutaneous area was considered a drawback of endoscopic thyroidectomy. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether subcutaneous dissection area has influence on clinical outcome of endoscopic thyroidectomy, such as post-operative pain, complication rate and post-operative discomfort.
Interventions
PROCEDUREendoscopic thyroidectomy
endoscopic thyroidectomy via the breast approach. the difference between two arms is in the subcutaneous dissection area.
Sponsors
Second Military Medical University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* thyroid nodule diagnosed by ultrasound * willing to undergo endoscopic thyroidectomy
Exclusion criteria
* conversion to open surgery * unwilling to join the research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| post-operative pain | 24h post-operation | 24hs after operation, post-operative pain is evaluated by VAS(visual analoge scale) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of patients with adverse effect | within 3 months after surgery | record how many patients had adverse effects(eg. bruise, seroma, hematoma, hoarseness,hypocalciemia) |
Countries
China
Contacts
Primary Contactwei zhang, MD
Backup Contactming qiu, MD
Outcome results
None listed