Phoniatric Evaluation and Comparison of Patients Who Underwent Sutureless Thyroidectomy With Vessel Closure Devices and Conventional Total Thyroidectomy With Suture

Istanbul University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Phoniatric Evaluation of Total Thyroidectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01865006

IUCTF-2013-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare effect of sutureless thyroidectomy with vessel closure devices and conventional thyroidectomy with suturing on voice quality with phoniatric evaluation.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pre-operative voice problems
• Pre-operative vocal cord paralysis
• Singers and teachers
• Pre-operative known advanced stage malignity
• Previously operated for thyroid diseases.

Trial design

90 participants in 3 patient groups

Ligasure LF1212

Ultracision

Conventional