Is the Routine Pressure Dressing After Thyroidectomy Necessary?

Khon Kaen University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Thyroid Neoplasms; Goiter; Graves Disease; Thyroid Nodules

Treatments: Procedure: Normal dressing; Procedure: Pressure dressing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00400465

ISRCTN52660978 (Registry Identifier)

HE49-1009

Details and patient eligibility

About

Thyroidectomy is an operation that is commonly performed. After an operation a pressure dressing by Hypafix is usually used due to the belief that it will help to reduce complications such as post-operative bleeding or haematoma. However, the practice is uncomfortable to patients and makes it hard to detect early haematomas.

We carried out a prospective randomised study to study the role of pressure dressing after thyroid surgery by evaluating the amount of fluids collected in the operative bed by ultrasonography compared with normal dressing.

Full description

Thyroidectomy is an operation that is commonly performed. In Department of Otolaryngology, Khonkaen University was performed this operation about 200 cases per years. After an operation a pressure dressing by Hypafix is usually used due to the belief that it will help to reduce complications such as post-operative bleeding or haematoma. However, the practice is uncomfortable to patients and makes it hard to detect early haematomas.

We carried out a prospective randomised study to study the role of pressure dressing after thyroid surgery by evaluating the amount of fluids collected in the operative bed by ultrasonography compared with normal dressing.

Enrollment: 116 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients underwent thyroidectomy in Srinagarind hospital, Khonkaen University

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with cervical lymph nodes metastases requiring neck dissection
• Patients that tissue pathology shown anaplastic carcinoma
• Patients with clinical or laboratory indicators of coagulation disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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116 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Pressure dressing

Treatment:

Procedure: Pressure dressing

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Normal dressing

Treatment:

Procedure: Normal dressing