Tracheal Anatomy After Thyroidectomy

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Goiter, Nodular

Treatments: Procedure: Thyroidectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03072654

S-20130096

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators aimed at investigating the effects of thyroidectomy on tracheal anatomy and airflow in patients with benign nodular goiter, employing a prospective observational study.

Magnetic resonance images of the neck and respiratory flow-volume curves were performed prior to and six months following surgery. Tracheal and thyroid volumes, smallest cross-sectional area of the trachea (SCAT), tracheal narrowing, tracheal deviation and tracheal encirclement by the thyroid were evaluated. Through flow-volume curves respiratory function, including both in- and expiration, was evaluated.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Reads and write Danish

Exclusion criteria

• Suspected or present malignancy
• Neuromuscular disease
• Prior surgery to the neck