Postoperative pain is a good indicator to confirm the advantages of the surgical methods in the era of minimally invasive surgery. Lateral neck dissection requires extensive dissection which may leads to postoperative numbness and pain. Robotic thyroid surgery has the advantage of precise and careful dissection and avoid the L-shape incision in the open approach. The study aims to explore the pain intensity and severity of lateral neck dissection on operation day, postoperative month 1 and postoperative month 3 among the robotic, endoscopic and open approach.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
600
pain intensity was assessed using a standard visual analogue score, with a score of 0 to 10 corresponding to no pain to the most severe pain on operation day, postoperative day 1, postoperative month 1, postoperative month 3
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGdegree of pain
pain intensity was assessed using a standard visual analogue score, with a score of 0 to 10 corresponding to no pain to the most severe pain
Time frame: approximately 4 hours after surgery, on postoperative day 1, postoperative month 1 and postoperative month 3
Number of participants with recurrent laryngeal nerve injury
impaired vocal cord mobility confirmed by postoperative laryngoscopy
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Number of participants with hypoparathyroidism
a postoperative parathyroid hormone level of less than 10 pg/ml
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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