Minimal Invasiveness of Endoscopic Thyroidectomy

Second Military Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thyroid Nodule

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00877630

SMMU-2-2009-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators had performed more than 250 cases of breast approach endoscopic thyroidectomy (BAET). The goal of this study is to evaluate whether BAET could be a minimally invasive procedure under the expert's hands.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• thyroidectomy nodule diagnosed by ultrasound

Exclusion criteria

• thyroid carcinoma

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

1:endoscopic group

Description:

patients underwent endoscopic thyroidectomy

2:conventional group

Description:

patients underwent open thyroidectomy