Comparison of Quality of Life Between Patients Underwent Transoral Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery and Conventional Surgery

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03048539

Enrollment

Registered

2017-02-09

Start date

2017-02-06

Completion date

2019-12-31

Last updated

2017-03-07

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Conditions

Conventional Thyroidectomy, Quality of Life, Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy

Keywords

Endoscopic surgery, Thyroidectomy, Quality of life

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the quality of life of transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy compare with open thyroidectomy, Furthermore, postoperative complication will be assessed, also.

Detailed description

Regarding type of surgery, doctor will just advice about risk and benefit of any type of surgery. And then patient will select by himself. Patients are not assigned to endoscopic or conventional group. This study start to enrolled patients after surgery. And the quality of life will be observed at 2, 6 and 12 weeks, respectively.

Interventions

PROCEDURETransoral endoscopic thyroidectomy

This procedure will remove thyroid lobe through oral vestibule. Aim to avoid scar at anterior neck.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patient who underwent thyroid lobectomy for benign thyroid nodule less or equal 5 cm

Exclusion criteria

* previous neck surgery * suspected thyroid carcinoma * patient who failure endoscopic thyroidectomy and change to conventional surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in quality of life after surgery	2,6,12 weeks	Quality of life will assessed by Short form health survey 36 and specific questionnaire for thyroidectomy. These questionnaires will assess at 2,6 and 12 weeks after surgery. The quality of life results (6 and 12 weeks) will be observed that change from 2 weeks after surgery. Furthermore, investigators will compare score of Short form health survey 36 and specific quality of life questionnaire for thyroidectomy between endoscopic and open technique at 2,6,12 week after surgery, also.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Postoperative complication	2,6, and 12 weeks	The complications will assess at 2,6, and 12 week after surgery.

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Primary ContactPornthep Kasemsiri, MD

Pkasemsiri99@gmail.com

Backup ContactSrongpaun Trakulkajornsak, MD

Srongpaun@hotmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 28, 2026