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A Comparative Study of Robotic Thyroidectomy Using Transaxillary Approach Versus Conventional Open Thyroidectomy
NCT01311089 · Yonsei University · Updated 27 Jan 2015
- What is being tested
- Not stated
- For
- Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
- Kind of study
- Watches patients without assigning a treatment. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 20 years and older. About 169 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- South Korea
- When
- Starts or started Jan 2011, ends Sept 2011. Registered 9 March 2011.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Most patients with thyroid tumors are effectively treated surgically by practitioners experienced in the techniques of thyroidectomy. Many patients, especially women, undergoing thyroid surgery are concerned about the postoperative cosmetic appearance of the neck. Robotic thyroidectomy which can hide the operative scar was associated with a higher degree of patient cosmetic satisfaction.
Sites
- Severance HospitalSeoul, South Korea