Assessing Benefits of Near Infrared Autofluorescence (NIRAF) Detection for Identifying Parathyroid Glands During Total Thyroidectomy

Assessing Benefits of Near Infrared Autofluorescence (NIRAF) Detection for Identifying Parathyroid Glands During Total Thyroidectomy

This study will see if the use of near infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) detection with a 'Parathyroid Eye (PTeye)' for identifying parathyroid glands (PGs) during total thyroidectomy (TTx) is better than surgeon's detection alone. It compares risk, benefits and outcomes in TTx patients where NIRAF detection with PTeye for parathyroid identification is either used or not used.

Prior to data collection, it was determined some additional outcome measures collected by the primary site would not be relevant to the trial for participating sites such as this site. Those outcomes were removed from this record.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with thyroid disease who will be undergoing total thyroidectomy (includes patients who have undergone a prior neck exploration for parathyroid disease or other but have an intact thyroid gland).
• Patients with persisting thyroid disease and will be undergoing re-operative or completion thyroidectomy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women
• Patients with concurrent parathyroid and thyroid disease
• Patients with incidental enlarged parathyroid discovered during thyroidectomy procedure.
• Patients undergoing thyroid lobectomy or partial thyroidectomy