Perception of transcervical thyroid scar in the UK
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Perception of transcervical thyroid scar in the UK, would Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy (TOETVA) have a place? Defining the feasible population and the aesthetic outcomes of a patient co-hort of the Thames Valley Thyroid MDT
IRAS ID
317953
Contact name
Brooke Puttergill
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
BHT
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 1 months, 31 days
Research summary
This research aims to understand our patients perception of their surgical scar on the neck following transcervical thyroid surgery and to develop an understanding of these perceptions by accounting for the perioperative characteristics impacting on perception. Thereby starting to define a percent of patients in a homogenous cohort that may benefit from newer surgical techniques that avoid neck scar.
Objectives:
1. Define scar perception after transcervical thyroidectomy
2. Determine potential impacting variables in scar perception: post-operative complications, thyroid function loss requiring replacement hormone, anxiety with lobectomy only of thyroid cancer risk, protracted follow up
3. Identify the percentage patients feasible in the patient co-hort for transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy
Outcome
This study expands the body of literature in the UK on the impact of cervical scar on patients. It serves to answer the question of: Does transcervical thyroidectomy as a gold standard procedure have a desirable outcome of scar in a local patient co-hort? And can we identify the percent of a local patient co-hort that would be feasible for transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy and to what extent the local population would explore this to avoid neck scar. This study strengthens data practitioners have to engage patients in tailored surgical practices.REC name
London - Harrow Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/PR/1101
Date of REC Opinion
18 Nov 2022
REC opinion
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