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Post-thyroidectomy Dysphagia: An International Multicentric CONSORT - Compatible RCT

NCT04410601 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2020-06-01

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Summary

The most common and feared complications of total thyroidectomy are vocal cord paralyses and hypocalcemia. However, post-thyroidectomy dysphagia is not uncommon and has important consequences on the quality of life (QoL). It should be taken seriously by all clinicians.

Conditions

  • Dysphagia, Esophageal
  • Dysphagia, Oral Phase
  • Dysphagia Comes and Goes
  • Thyroiditis
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Thyroid Neoplasms
  • Thyroid Goiter
  • Thyroid Nodule (Benign)

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Total thyroidectomy

DRT-diet modification, compensation strategies, oral motor exercises such as laryngeal elevation, masseters / tongue hold / exercise, bolus transition exercise; chin-down/up, head rotation, and other maneuvers with tactile stimulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Umraniye Education and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Sema YUKSEKDAG, MD · Instructor in General Surgery

  • Ethem UNAL, MD, PhD, ECFMG, IFSO & Board CSS · Assoc. Professor of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-05-14
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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