Secured Thyroidectomy With Intraoperative Methylene Blue Using (bluethyroid)

SB Istanbul Education and Research Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Thyroid

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01347606

4-Aysan

Details and patient eligibility

About

Thyroid surgery has potential risks. Intraoperative organ (such as parathyroides) extraction and vascular or neural (such as recurrent nervus) injuries are most important ones. This research is aim to prevention of these via intraoperative methylene blue using.

Full description

Thyroid surgery has potential risks. Intraoperative organ (such as parathyroides) extraction and vascular or neural (such as recurrent nervus) injuries are most important ones. This research is aim to prevention of these via intraoperative methylene blue using. In the operation when thyroid lobes manipulated to medially, methylene blue will be sprayed to this area. Dying patternes of tissues (thyroid tissue, oparathyroid tissues, arteries, venules and neural structures) will ensure to identification the tissues.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Thyroidectomy indicated patients

Exclusion criteria

• Recurrent disease
• Additional disease