The purpose of this study is to investigate whether reduced subcutaneous dissection area could offer patients more clinical benefits.
To create a working place in the chest wall is an inevitable step of endoscopic thyroidectomy. Large subcutaneous area was considered a drawback of endoscopic thyroidectomy. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether subcutaneous dissection area has influence on clinical outcome of endoscopic thyroidectomy, such as post-operative pain, complication rate and post-operative discomfort.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
endoscopic thyroidectomy via the breast approach. the difference between two arms is in the subcutaneous dissection area.
Department of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
post-operative pain
24hs after operation, post-operative pain is evaluated by VAS(visual analoge scale)
Time frame: 24h post-operation
number of patients with adverse effect
record how many patients had adverse effects(eg. bruise, seroma, hematoma, hoarseness,hypocalciemia)
Time frame: within 3 months after surgery
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