An interventional study of Paltysma suturing and Without Platysma suturing in Pain, Acute Postoperative, sponsored by Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore. Completed at 1 site in Pakistan. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-07-03.
Sponsored by Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Comparison Of Outcome Of Wound Closure After Thyroid Surgery With And Without Platysma Suturing in terms of wound scar and pain.
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.
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Exclusion Criteria:
platysma muscle was sutured in this group
Procedure: Paltysma suturing
platysma muscle was not sutured in this group
Procedure: Without Platysma suturing
platysma muscle was sutured in this group with vicryl
platysma muscle was not sutured in this group
Post operative Pain
Pain assessed on visual analogue scale. higher the VAS score means more pain and lower score mean less pain
Time frame: 48 hours
Plan to share: No — No plan of sharing
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