Jan 2024: The NIFTy trial is now closed.
The NIFTy trial was open to people having total thyroid surgery, to remove the whole thyroid, or completion surgery to remove the remaining lobe of their thyroid following a partial thyroidectomy. The aim of the trial was to find out whether using near-infrared fluorescence imaging could reduce the number of people whose parathyroid glands become damaged during thyroid surgery. Results will be published in due course.