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

NCT ID: NCT03035383

Last Updated: 2017-01-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2014-12-31

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Thyroidectomy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Purse String Technique

Thyroidectomy closure is performed using purse string technique.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Purse string technique

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Thyroidectomy closure is performed using purse string suturing technique.

Conventional technique

Thyroidectomy closure is performed using conventional technique.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional technique

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Thyroidectomy closure is performed using conventional suturing technique.

Interventions

Purse string technique

Thyroidectomy closure is performed using purse string suturing technique.

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Conventional technique

Thyroidectomy closure is performed using conventional suturing technique.

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

PST; CT

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ahmad Kurnia

Head of Surgical Oncology

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

DCiptoMGHAKurnia

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id