Assessing Post-operative Outcomes After Children's Sistrunk Procedure With or Without a Drain

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

178

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 1, 2025

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2028

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2029

Conditions
Thyroglossal Duct Cysts
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Post-surgical drain

During surgery, at the completion of the Sistrunk procedure, participants in the drain cohort will have a suction drain placed, which will be removed based on standard criteria prior to discharge from the hospital. Wound care following drain removal will be standardized, with instructions for patients to allow the area to heal naturally and to follow a regimen of cleaning and applying topical antibiotic ointment for several days.

PROCEDURE

No post-surgical drain

Patients will be recovered in SOC manner from Sistrunk surgery without drain placement

Trial Locations (5)

14642

University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester

60611

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago

90027

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles

06107

Connecticut Children's, Hartford

02115

Boston Children's Hospital, Boston

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Boston Children's Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

OTHER

collaborator

Keck School of Medicine of USC

OTHER

collaborator

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

OTHER

lead

University of Rochester

OTHER

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