Comparative Study of Robot BABA Approach and Chest Breast Approach for Lateral Neck Dissection

A Comparative Study of Robot Assisted BABA Approach and Chest Breast Approach for Lateral Neck Dissection

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03500666

Enrollment

Registered

2018-04-18

Start date

2018-01-01

Completion date

2018-12-31

Last updated

2018-04-18

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Conditions

Thyroid Carcinoma, Robot Surgery, Endoscopic Surgery

Keywords

Thyroid carcinoma, Robot surgery, Endoscopic surgery

Brief summary

Objective to compare the advantages and disadvantages of robotic and conventional endoscopic thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer.

Detailed description

To compare the difference of operative time and complication between two operative methods in robot neck surgery and routine endoscopic surgery.

Interventions

DEVICERobot

Robot lateral neck lymph node dissection

DEVICETotal endoscopic

Total endoscopic lateral cervical lymph node dissection

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. papillary thyroid carcinoma with clinically suspected or confirmed lateral lymph node metastasis; 2. patient's concerns of neck scars and cosmetic requirement. The

Exclusion criteria

were as follows: 1\) tumor size \>4cm; 2) previous neck surgical history； 3）residual or recurrent tumors; 4) suspicious primary tumor or metastatic lymph node invasion of major vascular structures or recurrent laryngeal nerve. 5）metastatic lymph nodes occurred below the sternoclavicular joint.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Lateral cervical lymph node cleaning time	During surgery	Lateral cervical lymph node clean time from that beginning of cut the SCM leading edge to the end of the specimen
Accessory nerve injury	During surgery	Accessory nerve injury
Intraoperative internal jugular vein bleeding.	6 months after surgery	Internal carotid vein hemorrhage affect that surgical procedure

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The time of the thyroid gland removal	During surgery	The time of the thyroid gland removal , including the opening of the white line to the thyroid, and the end of the specimen
Number of participants with HypoParathyroidism	6 months after surgery	The parathyroid function was examined six months after surgery.
Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury.	6 months after surgery	The recurrent laryngeal nerve function due to nerve injury or thermal damage can not be recovered for 6 months.

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026