An observational study in Multinodular Goiter, sponsored by Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain. Completed at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-05.
Sponsored by Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain · Observational
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the technical benefits, advantages and limits of the use of the Harmonic Focus curved shears in total thyroidectomy.
According to a randomized sequence, total thyroidectomy was performed in 34 patients using Harmonic Focus and in 34 patients using clamp-and-tie technique.
In this randomized prospective trial, differences in the duration of surgery, intraoperative bleeding and post-operative complications were analysed.
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This study's enrollment of 68 is below the median of 104 across 23 observational studies indexed under Goiter.
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68 patients candidate to total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter in an academic hospital
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Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
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Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
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Procedure: thyroidectomy
Harmonic Focus group refers to the use of ultracision shears for haemostasis and conventional haemostasis group refers to the tie-and-clamp technique in total thyroidectomy
Comparison between two groups of patients. One group is operated on using harmonic Focus for haemostasis compared to a second group of patients operated on with the conventional haemostasis using tie-and-clamp technique
Efficacy, safety and potential advantages of Harmonic Focus for total thyroidectomy
Time frame: day one after surgery
Impact on bleeding, operative time, instrument exchanges, material needed for haemostasis
Time frame: during the operation
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