Postoperative Pain of Robotic, Endoscopic and Open Lateral Neck Dissection

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Thyroid Diseases; Surgery; Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Other: Observations on postoperative pain intensity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06803732

2025-KY-095(K)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative pain is a good indicator to confirm the advantages of the surgical methods in the era of minimally invasive surgery. Lateral neck dissection requires extensive dissection which may leads to postoperative numbness and pain. Robotic thyroid surgery has the advantage of precise and careful dissection and avoid the L-shape incision in the open approach. The study aims to explore the pain intensity and severity of lateral neck dissection on operation day, postoperative month 1 and postoperative month 3 among the robotic, endoscopic and open approach.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients underwent lateral neck dissection via robotic, endoscopic or open approach
• Clinical diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer
• Clinical diagnosis of metastatic lateral lymph nodes

Exclusion criteria

• Participants with distant metastasis
• Participants with history of neck surgery or radiation
• Participants with vocal fold fixation by preoperative fibrolaryngoscope

Trial design

600 participants in 3 patient groups

Robotic group

Description:

Patients underwent lateral neck dissection via robotic approach

Treatment:

Other: Observations on postoperative pain intensity

Endoscopic group

Description:

Patients underwent lateral neck dissection via endoscopic approach

Treatment:

Other: Observations on postoperative pain intensity

Open group

Description:

Patients underwent lateral neck dissection via open approach

Treatment:

Other: Observations on postoperative pain intensity