An interventional study of Thyroidectomy in Thyroid and Goiter, sponsored by Kafrelsheikh University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-06-28.
Sponsored by Kafrelsheikh University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goals of minimally invasive approaches are better cosmetic results with small neck scar, decreasing postoperative pain, and shortening of hospital stay periods without postoperative complications.
The concept of surgical invasiveness cannot be limited to the length and site of the skin incision; it must be extended to all structures dissected during the procedure. Conventional thyroidectomy without raising subplatysmal flaps has proven to be effective in reducing postoperative pain and seroma
Minimal invasive flapless thyroidectomy (MIFT) is a new technique that can be used in replacement of the conventional method of thyroidectomy for the management of selected cases of benign thyroid disorders.
This work aims to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of Minimal Invasive Flapless Thyroidectomy (MIFT) in the management of thyroid disease as regards postoperative pain, cosmesis, operative time, and other postoperative complications in comparison to Conventional thyroidectomy technique.
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This study's enrollment of 120 is above the median of 100 across 42 interventional studies indexed under Goiter.
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Compared within Goiter, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Thyroid Diseases. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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Exclusion Criteria:
the patients who have one or more of the following criteria:
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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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A standard transverse skin incision will be done two fingers above supra-sternal notch extend from the medial head of sternomastoid muscle at one side to the other one at the opposite side, incision of platysma along the whole length of skin incision. Dissection of the thyroid gland will begin with securing the middle thyroid vein using ligation, bipolar diathermy, or harmonic scalpel. Dissection of the upper pole with securing the superior thyroid vessel preserving the superior parathyroid glands and the external laryngeal nerve. Severing the Berry's ligament with ligation of its artery and vein. The contralateral lobe of the thyroid gland will then be approached in a similar fashioon.
Procedure: Thyroidectomy
The procedure will start by placing a small incision 2.5-3cm at the upper border of the cricoid cartilage at one of the natural creases of the neck, followed by an incision of the platysma along the length of the skin incision. Identification of the midline of the neck and division of the strap muscles, followed by dissection of the plane between the muscles and the anterior surface of the thyroid gland. Dissection of the lateral surface of the thyroid lobe with identification Cutting of sternothyroid muscle at its superior portion. Individual ligaton of branches of superior thyroid artery and vein near to the gland using haemostatic techniques (Harmonic or LigaSure scalpel), guarding the superior parathyroid glands. Appropriate dissection will then be done. Dissection of the inferior pole and vessel securing using Harmonic or LigaSure scalpel will take place, then dissection of the undersurface of the thyroid gland will be done to separate the gland from its bed.
Procedure: Thyroidectomy
removal of the thyroid gland
Degree of satisification of cosmetic appearance of the thyroidectomy scar
Degree of scar appearance satisification assessed by the patient and doctor using patient and observer scar assessment scale (POSAS) scale in both groups
Time frame: 12 months
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