Comparison Of Outcome Of Wound Closure After Thyroid Surgery With And Without Platysma Suturing

Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore72 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain, Acute Postoperative

Interventions

Paltysma suturingPROCEDURE

platysma muscle was sutured in this group with vicryl

Without Platysma suturingPROCEDURE

platysma muscle was not sutured in this group

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * : Both men and women patients in the age range (20-70 years) undergoing primary thyroid surgery were included. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with disorders of wound healing, diabetes mellitus, Pre-operative known malignant condition, history of neck surgery or not willing to participate in the study were excluded.

Locations (1)

The Children Hospital

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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