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Nomogram for Predicting Difficult Transoral and Submental Thyroidectomy


Sponsor

Shanghai 6th People's Hospital

Enrollment

500 participants

Start Date

Jan 1, 2021

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

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

Inclusion Criteria4

  • 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.

Exclusion Criteria5

  • 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
  • Participants with a significantly restricted neck

Interventions

OTHERObservations on clinicopathological factors influencing the difficulty of surgery

Age, body mass index, gender, thyroid function parameters, lesion size, lesion location, ultrasound data


Locations(1)

Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

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