Comparative Study of Robot BABA Approach and Chest Breast Approach for Lateral Neck Dissection

Fujian Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Thyroid Carcinoma; Robot Surgery; Endoscopic Surgery

Treatments: Device: Robot; Device: Total endoscopic

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03500666

BND and RND

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective to compare the advantages and disadvantages of robotic and conventional endoscopic thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer.

Full description

To compare the difference of operative time and complication between two operative methods in robot neck surgery and routine endoscopic surgery.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. papillary thyroid carcinoma with clinically suspected or confirmed lateral lymph node metastasis;
2. patient's concerns of neck scars and cosmetic requirement.

The exclusion criteria were as follows:

1. tumor size >4cm; 2) previous neck surgical history； 3）residual or recurrent tumors; 4) suspicious primary tumor or metastatic lymph node invasion of major vascular structures or recurrent laryngeal nerve.

5）metastatic lymph nodes occurred below the sternoclavicular joint.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Robot lateral neck lymph node dissection

Experimental group

Description:

Robot neck lateral lymph node dissection was performed in patients with thyroid cancer and lateral cervical lymph node metastasis.

Treatment:

Device: Robot

Total endoscopic lateral cervical lymph node dissection

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with thyroid cancer and lateral cervical lymph node metastases underwent total endoscopic neck dissection.

Treatment:

Device: Total endoscopic