Status:
UNKNOWN
Timing of Postoperative Drain Removal Following Parotidectomy - a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Conditions:
Parotidectomy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
There is no standard of care of management following parotidectomies. Most practitioners however place a drain (usually a flat Davol closed suction drain/ Hemovac in the investigators institutions) in...
Detailed Description
Background: Parotidectomies involve the removal of all or a portion of the parotid gland off the facial nerve in the case of superficial parotidectomies, and total removal of the gland in the case of...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients aged ≥ 18 years old
- Competent
- Patients undertaking unilateral or bilateral parotidectomies at Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver; St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver; or Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey.
Exclusion
- Patients on anticoagulation therapy
- Patients classified in the preanesthetic evaluation as ASA ≥ 3, where a patient would require post operative overnight admission secondary to his comorbidities
- Immunosuppression such as concurrent radiation or chemotherapy or receiving high dose corticosteroids
- Concommitant infections requiring antibiotics
- Patients who are having additional head and neck procedures at the time of the parotidectomy, other than skin excision (eg. Modified neck dissection, mandibulectomy, external auditory canal resection)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
400 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01399021
Start Date
July 1 2011
End Date
July 1 2013
Last Update
July 21 2011
Active Locations (4)
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1
Eagle Ridge Hospital
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
2
Surrey Memorial Hospital
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
3
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
4
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada