Interest of Cryotherapy or Cortisone Aerosol Therapy in Early Post-operative Swallowing Disorders Following Total Thyroidectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-02-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The scientific interest of this study is to improve post-operative comfort in patients after thyroid surgery using simple, inexpensive techniques. The investigator expects that local applications of ice or cortisone aerosols will reduce swallowing discomfort and control post-operative pain (POP). The investigator hopes that local cryotherapy will decrease post-operative oedema (vasoconstriction) and the volume of liquid drained (action on the serous fluid at the site of the thyroidectomy).

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; BB 1101; Cortisone; Cortisone acetate; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients about to undergo total thyroidectomy by cervicotomy

• Single surgeon: Dr Osmak-Tizon Liliana

• Patients who have provided written consent to take part in the research

• Hospitalized in the endocrine surgery unit

• Whose mental and physical state allows them to participate in the quantification of a symptom using a Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients under 18 or adults under guardianship

• Patients about to undergo unilateral thyroid surgery (thyroid lobectomy)

• Patient who have had parathyroid surgery

• History of cervicotomy

• Intolerance to, contra-indication for or allergy to any of the treatments tested.

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women

• Patients without national health insurance cover