Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00610025
Minimally Invasive Trocar Placement in Obesity Surgery
Transgastric Peritoneoscopy for Evaluation of the Abdominal Wall to Direct Laparoscopic Trocar Placement
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Jeffrey Hazey · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
During surgery for obesity, minimally invasive endoscopy can be performed and can assist the surgeon in determining surgical incision sites.
Detailed description
Transgastric endoscopic access, without laparoscopic guidance, to the peritoneal cavity can be performed safely and guide trocar placement in morbidly obese patients undergoing Roux-en-y gastric bypass.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Transgastric access to the abdomen | Upper endoscopy, gastrotomy created with a needle knife followed by lower endoscopy. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-10-01
- Completion
- 2009-11-01
- First posted
- 2008-02-07
- Last updated
- 2013-02-12
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00610025. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.