Parathyroid Reimplantation in Forearm Subcutaneous Tissue During Thyroidectomy: a Simple Way to Avoid Ipoparathyroidism and Evaluate Graft Function

University of Roma La Sapienza

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thyroid Carcinoma; Thyroid Goiter; Multinodular Goiter; Graves Diseases

Treatments: Procedure: Thyroidectomy and parathyroid reimplantation in forearm subcutaneous tissue

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02194920

06072011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate safety and effectiveness of normal parathyroid tissue reimplantation in forearm subcutaneous tissue in case of accidental removal of parathyroid gland during thyroid surgery.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients affected by benign thyroid disease undergoing thyroidectomy

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Parathyroid reimplantation

Treatment:

Procedure: Thyroidectomy and parathyroid reimplantation in forearm subcutaneous tissue