Head & neck
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Pain and surgical outcomes with and without neck extension in standard open thyroidectomy: a prospective randomized trial.
The purpose of this study was to compare surgical outcomes between those patients who underwent open thyroidectomy with and without neck extension. ⋯ Compared to group I, pain on postoperative day 1 and at the first visit in group II were significantly less, but both groups had similar overall RLN injury rate.