NCT00400465

Is the Routine Pressure Dressing After Thyroidectomy Necessary?

Is the Routine Pressure Dressing After Thyroidectomy Necessary? A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 116 (actual)
• Sponsor: Khon Kaen University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Thyroidectomy is an operation that is commonly performed. After an operation a pressure dressing by Hypafix is usually used due to the belief that it will help to reduce complications such as post-operative bleeding or haematoma. However, the practice is uncomfortable to patients and makes it hard to detect early haematomas. We carried out a prospective randomised study to study the role of pressure dressing after thyroid surgery by evaluating the amount of fluids collected in the operative bed by ultrasonography compared with normal dressing.

Detailed description

Thyroidectomy is an operation that is commonly performed. In Department of Otolaryngology, Khonkaen University was performed this operation about 200 cases per years. After an operation a pressure dressing by Hypafix is usually used due to the belief that it will help to reduce complications such as post-operative bleeding or haematoma. However, the practice is uncomfortable to patients and makes it hard to detect early haematomas. We carried out a prospective randomised study to study the role of pressure dressing after thyroid surgery by evaluating the amount of fluids collected in the operative bed by ultrasonography compared with normal dressing.

Conditions

• Thyroid Neoplasms
• Thyroid Nodules
• Graves Disease
• Goiter

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Normal dressing	Normal dressing
PROCEDURE	Pressure dressing	Pressure dressing

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-12-01
• Primary completion: 2007-08-01
• Completion: 2007-09-01
• First posted: 2006-11-16
• Last updated: 2015-04-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand