Pain, Acute Postoperative
Conditions
Keywords
Thyroid surgery, scar, visual analog scale
Brief summary
Comparison Of Outcome Of Wound Closure After Thyroid Surgery With And Without Platysma Suturing in terms of wound scar and pain.
Detailed description
This randomized controlled trail was conducted at Surgical Ward from January 2021 to July 2021. Materials and Methods Total 72 patients (indicated for thyroid surgery) who were fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled. Patients were divided randomly into two groups by using lottery method. In Group A patients wound closure was done without Platysma Suturing and in Group-B patients wound closure was done with Platysma Suturing. Pain assessment was done with the help of VAS after surgery (6, Hours, 24 hours, 48 hours). Scar assessment was carried out with the help of POSAS. All this information was noted by the researcher himself and noted on a well-designed questionnaire.
Interventions
PROCEDUREPaltysma suturing
platysma muscle was sutured in this group with vicryl
PROCEDUREWithout Platysma suturing
platysma muscle was not sutured in this group
Sponsors
Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
2 groups included
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* : Both men and women patients in the age range (20-70 years) undergoing primary thyroid surgery were included.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with disorders of wound healing, diabetes mellitus, Pre-operative known malignant condition, history of neck surgery or not willing to participate in the study were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Post operative Pain | 48 hours | Pain assessed on visual analogue scale. higher the VAS score means more pain and lower score mean less pain |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed