Sutureless Versus Conventional Thyroidectomy

Sutureless Thyroidectomy Versus Conventional Thyroidectomy: Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

This study was prospective randomized double-blinded clinical trial on patients with thyroid disease who underwent thyroidectomy in the general surgery department, Mansoura university hospitals during the period of February 2017 to February 2018.Two techniques for vascular sealing were compared: conventional tying and harmonic scalpel

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients of both genders aging above 18 years presented with primary thyroid diseases requiring thyroidectomy including:

• Solitary thyroid nodule (STN)
• Multinodular goiter
• Controlled toxic goiter
• Inflammatory goiter (thyroiditis)
• Early-stage thyroid cancer.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients unfit for surgery
• patients unwilling to participate in the study
• Pregnant women
• Thyroid cancer with lymph node or distant metastasis.
• Patients with psychiatric disturbances.