Postoperative Pain of Robotic, Endoscopic and Open Lateral Neck Dissection

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Observations on postoperative pain intensity: pain intensity was assessed using a standard visual analogue score, with a score of 0 to 10 corresponding to no pain to the most severe pain on operation day, postoperative day 1, postoperative month 1, postoperative month 3

Study summary

Postoperative pain is a good indicator to confirm the advantages of the surgical methods in the era of minimally invasive surgery. Lateral neck dissection requires extensive dissection which may leads to postoperative numbness and pain. Robotic thyroid surgery has the advantage of precise and careful dissection and avoid the L-shape incision in the open approach. The study aims to explore the pain intensity and severity of lateral neck dissection on operation day, postoperative month 1 and postoperative month 3 among the robotic, endoscopic and open approach.

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Primary outcome measure(s)

• degree of pain — approximately 4 hours after surgery, on postoperative day 1, postoperative month 1 and postoperative month 3
  pain intensity was assessed using a standard visual analogue score, with a score of 0 to 10 corresponding to no pain to the most severe pain
• Number of participants with recurrent laryngeal nerve injury — through study completion, an average of 1 year
  impaired vocal cord mobility confirmed by postoperative laryngoscopy
• Number of participants with hypoparathyroidism — through study completion, an average of 1 year
  a postoperative parathyroid hormone level of less than 10 pg/ml

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