Purse String Suture for the Closure of Large Thyroidectomy Resulted in Better Cosmetics

Thyroidectomy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Purse String Suture for the Closure of Large Thyroidectomy Resulted in Better Cosmetics

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03035383
• Other study ID #: DCiptoMGHAKurnia
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 22, 2017
• Last updated: January 25, 2017
• Start date: October 1, 2013
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2014

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Thyroidectomy for large thyroid tumor poses a problem of cosmetics, especially in terms of wide post-operative scar and prominent neck wrinkles. In this manuscript, we performed purse-string suture for the first time for the closure of skin defect after thyroidectomy of large thyroid tumors which resulted in better cosmetics as compared to the conventional suturing method.

Description:

Increasing demand for better cosmetics following thyroidectomy for large thyroid tumor of > 6 cm diameter created a necessity to find an alternative to the conventional technique (CT), which could be addressed by purse string technique (PST). A non-randomized controlled trial was conducted to new thyroid tumor patients at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) from October 2013 until December 2014. Thirty patients grouped into two intervention arms of thyroidectomy with PST and CT were assessed for post-operative scar outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2014
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• New cases of thyroid tumor in Doctor Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital

• Tumor diameter > 6 cm

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous surgery in the anterior neck area

• Local involvement of lymph nodes requiring nodes dissection

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Thyroidectomy

Intervention

Procedure:
• Purse string technique
Thyroidectomy closure is performed using purse string suturing technique.
• Conventional technique
Thyroidectomy closure is performed using conventional suturing technique.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Length of scar	Length of scar in milimeter	8 to 12 weeks following thyroidectomy
Primary	Width of scar	Width of scar in milimeter	8 to 12 weeks following thyroidectomy
Primary	Wrinkle	Presence of wrinkle	8 to 12 weeks following thyroidectomy
Primary	Patient's satisfaction	Patient's satisfaction assessed using Likert scale of 1 to 10	8 to 12 weeks following thyroidectomy
Secondary	Duration of surgery	Duration of surgery in minutes	During surgery
Secondary	Bleeding	Volume of bleeding during surgery in cc	During surgery
Secondary	Post operative hospital stay	Post operative hospital stay	1 week following thyroidectomy