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Drain or no Drain After Thyroid Surgery: a Randomized Clinical Trial at Mulago Hospital

NCT01729741 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2012-11-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Thyroidectomy is one of the most commonly performed operations in general surgery. Available data seem to suggest an association between no-drain usage and a shorter duration of hospital stay. Seung et al found that the (following thyroidectomy) time to discharge after thyroidectomy was significantly shorter in the no drain group compared to the drain group. Similar results were recorded in a study conducted by Davari et al. Hyoung et al reported the incidence of hematoma formation post- thyroidectomy to be varying between 0.3%-4.3%. Tahsin et al reported that post-thyroidectomy bleeding is as rare as 0.3%-1.0%. The fear of an hematoma enlarging and obstructing the airway and causing difficulty in breathing, prompts many surgeons to use drains routinely after any type of thyroid surgery. The main reason is to drain off a possible postoperative hemorrhage, which may compress the airway and produce respiratory fail

Conditions

  • Hospital Admission Duration
  • Postoperative Hematoma Formation
  • Wound Sepsis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

drain was inserted after thyroid surgery

insertion of drain after thyroid surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Department of Surgery

    collaborator AMBIG

  • Makerere University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jane O Fualal, MD · Mulago Hospital, Uganda

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-04-30
Completion
2011-04-30

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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