U.S., July 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07068048) titled 'Intra-operative Steroid Irrigation for Reducing Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy Post-thyroidectomy' on June 23.
Brief Summary: The main aim of this study is to elucidate whether the topical irrigation of steroid during thyroid surgery can reduce the rate of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy as majority of nerve dysfunction was due to neuropraxia to axonotmesis.
Intra-operatively, all participants recruited must have the recurrent laryngeal nerve identify and confirm with Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring (IONM) device.
After removal of thyroid gland, 8mg of dexamethasone will be diluted in 100cc of irrigation water and irrigate the op...