Drains, Post Thyroidectomy Complications, Thyroid Surgery
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to compare patients who used drain to patients who did not use drain post-thyroidectomy regarding the short-term outcomes .
Interventions
DEVICESuction Drain placement (Example: Q-vac)
After thyroid surgery we pust drain at bed of surgery to monitor post operative bleeding.
Sponsors
Assiut University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* (1) Male or female patients undergoing thyroidectomy (2) Patients with ages: from 18 to 60 years old. (3) Patients with normal thyroid function tests (4) Patients who are fit for general-anesthesia.
Exclusion criteria
* (1) Patients with bleeding diathesis and those on anticoagulants. (2) Patients with thyrotoxicosis (uncontrolled) (3) Patients those requiring neck L.N dissection. (4) Patients with previous neck surgeries. (5) Patients with severe comorbid conditions with high risk for general anesthesia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of hematoma post-operative . | 24 hours | Rate of post operative hematoma formation and effect of drain in preventing it |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of infection | 7 days | Compare Rate of surgical site infection between two groups |
| Rate of re intervention | 7 days | — |
| Post-operative pain by visual analogue scale | 3 days | — |
| Post-operative hospital stay in days | 7 days | Length of hospital stay: described as the length of a single hospitalization, which is determined by subtracting the day of admission from the day of discharge. Data are collected from patients underwent thyroid surgery using a pretested, structured interviewer-administered questionnaire, medical record review, |
| Patient satisfaction by likert scale | 7 days | — |
Contacts
Primary ContactHelmy H.K Khaled
Outcome results
None listed