Is Lack of Placement of Drains After Thyroidectomy With Central Neck

Objective: Selective use of drains after thyroidec-tomy has been suggested in the literature. Although the safety of thyroidectomy without drains has been reviewed, there is little specific data available to iden-tify the safety of thyroidectomy combined with cen-tral neck dissection (CND) without drains. This study aims to determine the feasibility and safety of thy-roidectomywithout drains, especially in cases of com-bined CND. Study Design: Prospective, randomized study. Materials and Methods: One hundred ninety-eight consecutive thyroidectomized patients were en-rolled in this study. Drain group (n 101) consisted of 41 hemithyroidectomies (HT), 28 total thyroidecto-mies (TT), and 32 total TT with CND. No-drain group (n 97) consisted of 42 HT, 18 TT, and 37 TT wit