# Transection of Sternothyroid Muscle Increases the Rate of Exposure of the External Laryngeal Nerve During Thyroidectomy

> **NCT05421559** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Ahmed Aouf** · enrollment: 122 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Thyroid
- Surgery
- Thyroid Disease

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** thyroidectomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05421559
- **Lead sponsor:** Ahmed Aouf
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-01-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-01-01
- **Final completion:** 2022-02-01
- **Target enrollment:** 122 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05421559

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05421559, "Transection of Sternothyroid Muscle Increases the Rate of Exposure of the External Laryngeal Nerve During Thyroidectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05421559. Licensed CC0.

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