Clinical Trial on Harmonic Focus Shears

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multinodular Goiter

Treatments: Procedure: thyroidectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01003652

St Luc

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the technical benefits, advantages and limits of the use of the Harmonic Focus curved shears in total thyroidectomy.

Full description

According to a randomized sequence, total thyroidectomy was performed in 34 patients using Harmonic Focus and in 34 patients using clamp-and-tie technique.

In this randomized prospective trial, differences in the duration of surgery, intraoperative bleeding and post-operative complications were analysed.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter in adults patients

Exclusion criteria

• Redo surgery, malignancy.

Trial design

68 participants in 4 patient groups

Harmonic Focus /conventional haemostasis

Treatment:

Procedure: thyroidectomy

Harmonic Focus

new surgical device

Harmonic Focus / conventional haemostasis

Description:

Harmonic Focus group refers to the use of ultracision shears for haemostasis and conventional haemostasis group refers to the tie-and-clamp technique in total thyroidectomy