Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02951000
Platysma Trial - Platysma Suturing Versus no Sutures for Wound Closure After Primary Thyroid Surgery
Platysma Trial - a Randomized Controlled Trial of Platysma Suturing Versus no Sutures for Wound Closure After Primary Thyroid Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 99 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Influence of the platysma suture on postoperative pain and wound healing.
Detailed description
Does a running platysma suture after primary thyroid resection alter direct postoperative pain, wound healing and long term cosmetic results. Primary outcome measure is if the lack of a platysma-Suture decreases the postoperative pain (detected by the visual pain score 0-10) and reduces the pain medication (detected by the cumulative NSAID and opioid treatment per patient). The second Question to be answered is if the cosmetic scar result (detected by the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Score) 6 month after thyroidectomy is better in the intervention group (no Platysma-Suture) or not.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | platysma suture | |
| PROCEDURE | no platysma suture |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-11-01
- Completion
- 2017-06-01
- First posted
- 2016-11-01
- Last updated
- 2017-10-06
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02951000. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.