Safety and Efficacy of Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy Versus Traditional Open Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Cancer

Army Medical University of People's Liberation Army

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Thyroid Cancers

Treatments: Other: surgical procedure

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06958601

No.357[2024]

Details and patient eligibility

About

In general, the utilization of the transoral vestibular approach in robotic surgery demonstrates efficacy comparable to that of traditional open surgery in the treatment of thyroid cancer. This method not only reduces the length of hospitalization for patients but also ensures superior cosmetic outcomes in the cervical region, thus achieving truly scarless aesthetics. The feasibility of Transoral Vestibular Robotic Thyroidectomy (TOVRT) for tumors greater than 2 cm in diameter warrants further exploration in future studies; however, for tumors less than 2 cm in diameter, TOVRT emerges as a safe, reliable, and practical alternative, poised to establish itself as an innovative surgical modality.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18- 65 years old, both male and female
• Postoperative pathology was papillary thyroid carcinoma
• Clinical data integrity

Exclusion criteria

• Postoperative pathology was benign
• Clinical data are incomplete

Trial design

400 participants in 2 patient groups

traditional open group

Description:

1) General demographic information: including age, gender, ethnicity, etc. 2) Disease-related information: lesion size, lesion location, pathological type, parathyroid function (preoperative, first day postoperative, and one week postoperative), thyroid function (preoperative and one month postoperative), etc.3) Surgery-related information: occurrence of postoperative complications, total number of days of hospitalization following the operation, postoperative quality of life (dysphagia index, neck injury index), etc.

Treatment:

Other: surgical procedure

robotic group

Description:

1) General demographic information: including age, gender, ethnicity, etc. 2) Disease-related information: lesion size, lesion location, pathological type, parathyroid function (preoperative, first day postoperative, and one week postoperative), thyroid function (preoperative and one month postoperative), etc.3) Surgery-related information: occurrence of postoperative complications, total number of days of hospitalization following the operation, postoperative quality of life (dysphagia index, neck injury index), etc.