An interventional study of drain was inserted after thyroid surgery in Hospital Admission Duration, Postoperative Hematoma Formation and Wound Sepsis, sponsored by Makerere University. Completed at 2 sites in Uganda. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 79 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-11-20.
Sponsored by Makerere University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Thyroidectomy is one of the most commonly performed operations in general surgery. Available data seem to suggest an association between no-drain usage and a shorter duration of hospital stay. Seung et al found that the (following thyroidectomy) time to discharge after thyroidectomy was significantly shorter in the no drain group compared to the drain group. Similar results were recorded in a study conducted by Davari et al. Hyoung et al reported the incidence of hematoma formation post- thyroidectomy to be varying between 0.3%-4.3%. Tahsin et al reported that post-thyroidectomy bleeding is as rare as 0.3%-1.0%. The fear of an hematoma enlarging and obstructing the airway and causing difficulty in breathing, prompts many surgeons to use drains routinely after any type of thyroid surgery. The main reason is to drain off a possible postoperative hemorrhage, which may compress the airway and produce respiratory fail
This study will be aimed at comparing the patient outcomes with drain and no-drain insertion methods after thyroidectomy in a resource limited setting.
Study population: All adult patients aged between 18 to 79 years who attended the endocrinology outpatient clinic and had been diagnosed with goiter.
Study Participants: All adult patients with goiters who were eligible for thyroidectomy Inclusion criteria: All adult patients aged between 18 to 79 years with a diagnosis of goiter who consented to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria: The investigators excluded patients with goiter who had a history suggestive of bleeding tendencies, recurrent goiter, and thyroid cancer with fixation of the thyroid gland to surrounding structures and had uncontrolled co-morbidities such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HT).
Inserting a drain after goiter surgery and not inserting a drain is the intervention all participants receive the same treatment
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Exclusion Criteria:
No drain was inserted after Thyroid surgery
A drain was inserted after thyroid surgery
Procedure: drain was inserted after thyroid surgery
insertion of drain after thyroid surgery
Also known as: drains, thyroid surgery
Duration of hospital stay
Duration of hospital stay
Time frame: 7 days
Haematoma formation
post operative complication
Time frame: 7 days
wound sepsis
post operative wound infection
Time frame: 7 days
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