Complications of Endocrine Surgery: Data From the United HealthSystem Consortium

NCT ID: NCT01539499

Last Updated: 2017-08-31

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 1000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2017-08-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to help better determine the complication rates for endocrine surgery across the nation for both benign and malignant disease. It is our hypothesis that the complication rates are low overall and that malignant disease results in a higher complication rate than benign disease. This study will do a database review from all University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC).

Conditions

Thyroid Disease; Parathyroid Disease; Endocrine Gland

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients between the ages of 18 and 90 years who have a diagnosis of benign multinodular goiter and/or malignant thyroid disease and have undergone a total thyroidectomy as a primary procedure.
• Parathyroid patients will also be studied.

Exclusion Criteria

• Non endocrine surgery patients

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Arkansas

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Brendan Stack, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Arkansas

Locations

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

112685

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id