Changes in Quality of Life Following Surgical Treatment of Benign Non-toxic Goiter

University of Southern Denmark104 enrolled

Overview

The aim is to investigate the influence of surgical treatment on benign non-toxic goiter on the disease specific quality of life evaluated 6 months after thyroid surgery. All investigations follow already scheduled treatments.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

104

Conditions

Goiter

Interventions

ThyroidectomyPROCEDURE

Regular thyroidectomy or hemithyroidectomy through Kocher's skin incision

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing hemi- or total thyroidectomy for benign non-toxic goiter with pressure symptoms * The patients must be able to understand, read and write Danish Exclusion Criteria: * Previous surgery to the neck * Diabetes or any neuromuscular disorders * Present or previous head and neck malignancy, including malignancy found in the surgical thyroid specimen or suspicion hereof

Locations (1)

Odense University Hospital

Odense, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in quality of life following thyroidectomy

Change in goiter symptom score at the Thyroid specific Patient Reported Outcome measure (ThyPRO) following thyroidectomy

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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