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Nomogram for Predicting Difficult Transoral and Submental Thyroidectomy

RECRUITINGSponsored by Shanghai 6th People's Hospital
Actively Recruiting
SponsorShanghai 6th People's Hospital
Started2021-01-01
Est. completion2025-12-31
Eligibility
Healthy vol.Accepted

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

Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* 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 Criteria:

* 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

Conditions2

CancerDifferentiated Thyroid Cancer

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