Comparison of Quality of Life Between Patients Underwent Transoral Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery and Conventional Surgery

Khon Kaen University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Quality of Life; Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy; Conventional Thyroidectomy

Treatments: Procedure: Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03048539

HE591505

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the quality of life of transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy compare with open thyroidectomy, Furthermore, postoperative complication will be assessed, also.

Full description

Regarding type of surgery, doctor will just advice about risk and benefit of any type of surgery. And then patient will select by himself. Patients are not assigned to endoscopic or conventional group.

This study start to enrolled patients after surgery. And the quality of life will be observed at 2, 6 and 12 weeks, respectively.

Enrollment: 38 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient who underwent thyroid lobectomy for benign thyroid nodule less or equal 5 cm

Exclusion criteria

• previous neck surgery
• suspected thyroid carcinoma
• patient who failure endoscopic thyroidectomy and change to conventional surgery

Trial design

38 participants in 2 patient groups

Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy

Description:

Patient who fit with the eligible criteria and choose endoscopic thyroidectomy by himself.

Treatment:

Procedure: Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy

Conventional thyroidectomy

Description:

Patient who fit with the eligible criteria and choose conventional thyroidectomy by himself.