Nomogram for Predicting Difficult Transoral and Submental Thyroidectomy
ConditionDifferentiated Thyroid Cancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorShanghai 6th People's Hospital
About this trial
No prior studies have stratified the difficulty of transoral and submental thyroidectomy (TOaST). The investigators aimed to investigate preoperative factors as indicators of difficult TOaSTs and to develop a predictive model accordingly.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Clinical diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer with a maximum diameter not exceeding 4 cm
Absence of suspicious lateral lymph nodes or distant metastases
Participants with high cosmetic expectations
Participants who underwent total thyroidectomy and central lymph node dissection.
Disqualifiers
Participants with fusion or fixation of lymph nodes in the neck
Participants with history of neck surgery or radiation
Participants with vocal fold fixation by preoperative fibrolaryngoscope
Participants with preoperative examination suggestive of extrathyroidal invasion
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Observations on clinicopathological factors influencing the difficulty of surgery
Treatment groups
500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov