Postoperative Pain of Robotic, Endoscopic and Open Lateral Neck Dissection

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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Key information

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative Endocrine System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Postoperative Complications Signs and Symptoms Surgery Thyroid Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200233, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Ling Zhan, Doctor

CONTACT

[email protected]

08615821120972

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients underwent lateral neck dissection via robotic, endoscopic or open approach
Clinical diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer
Clinical diagnosis of metastatic lateral lymph nodes

Exclusion criteria

Participants with distant metastasis
Participants with history of neck surgery or radiation
Participants with vocal fold fixation by preoperative fibrolaryngoscope

Treatment and study plan

Observations on postoperative pain intensity

Other

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

Primary outcomes

degree of pain

Time frame: 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

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

impaired vocal cord mobility confirmed by postoperative laryngoscopy
Number of participants with hypoparathyroidism

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

a postoperative parathyroid hormone level of less than 10 pg/ml

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Ling Zhan

CONTACT

[email protected]

08615821120972

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Shanghai 6th People's Hospital

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2027
Study completion: 2027
First posted: Jan 31, 2025
Registry last updated: Jun 24, 2026

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