Status:
COMPLETED
Immediate Postoperative Course of Patients With Mini Video Assisted Total Thyroidectomy (miVAT) Versus Classic Total Thyroidectomy (cTT)
Lead Sponsor:
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Collaborating Sponsors:
AHEPA University Hospital
Conditions:
Goiter
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Protocol Synopsis * Protocol title: Immediate postoperative course of patients with mini Video Assisted Thyroidectomy (miVAT) versus classic Thyroidectomy (cTT) * Purpose: Comparison of the immediate...
Detailed Description
1.0 INTRODUCTION Classic articles by Kocher, Halsted, Lahey, Crile and Riddell have provided surgeons with principles that have significantly reduced operative morbidity and mortality from thyroidect...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient is over 18 years old
- Patient scheduled for a non-emergency operation
- Patient signs and dates a written informed consent form (ICF) and indicates an understanding of the study procedures
Exclusion
- Patient had a previous operation at the thyroid
- Patient is participating in another clinical trial which may affect this study's outcomes
- Patient in toxic condition (non euthyroid or hypothyroid )
- Patient receiving anticoagulation treatment for other medical condition
- Echographic evidence that the size at least one nodule is more than 4cm
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00692835
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
September 1 2012
Last Update
October 2 2012
Active Locations (1)
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3rd Department of Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 55236