Is the Routine Pressure Dressing After Thyroidectomy Necessary?

Thyroid Neoplasms Clinical Trial

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

Status Completed

Clinical Trial 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.

Clinical Trial 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. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Goiter
• Graves Disease
• Thyroid Diseases
• Thyroid Neoplasms
• Thyroid Nodule
• Thyroid Nodules

• NCT number: NCT00400465
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Khon Kaen University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: December 2006
• Completion date: September 2007