Brief Title
Efficacy of Fibrin Sealant to Reduce the Amount of Post-thyroidectomy Drain
Official Title
Efficacy of Fibrin Sealant to Reduce the Amount of Postoperative Drain in Patients With Harmonic Scalpel-assisted Total Thyroidectomy With Anterior Compartment Neck Dissections
Brief Summary
Fibrin sealant has been studied to reduce post-thyroidectomy drain and hospital stay as well.
However, no strong evidence from well-designed clinical trials is available. Harmonic scalpel
is a ultrasonic vibrating scissors which makes it easy to cut and coagulate the tissues, thus
reducing op time and postoperative drain, which is important to minimize hospital stay. The
investigators hypothesized that fibrin sealant combined with harmonic scalpel-assisted
procedure could guarantee no-drain postoperative care in total thyroidectomy with anterior
compartment neck dissection.
Study Phase
Phase 3
Study Type
Interventional
Primary Outcome
Postoperative Drainage Amount
Condition
Thyroid Carcinoma
Intervention
Usage of Fibrin sealant
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
Fibrin sealant
Description: usage of fibrin sealant after surgery
Publications
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status
Drug
Estimated Enrollment
78
Start Date
February 2010
Completion Date
January 2011
Primary Completion Date
January 2011
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- proven thyroid carcinoma
- Thyroidectomy with anterior compartment neck dissection
Exclusion Criteria:
- No use of harmonic scalpel during surgery
- coagulation abnormality
- refuse to participate
Gender
All
Ages
20 Years - 80 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Contacts
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Location Countries
Korea, Republic of
Location Countries
Korea, Republic of
Administrative Informations
NCT ID
NCT01126060
Organization ID
2009-12-093
Study Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
Study Sponsor
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Verification Date
November 2011