NCT00689663

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Fundus First and Harmonic Ace Compared With Conventional Technique

Randomized Multicentre Trial: Comparison of Harmonic Ace and Eletrocautery; Comparison of Fundus First and Conventional Dissection

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 233 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sundsvall Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Laparoscopic cholecytectomy can be by starting the dissection at the triangle of calots or as a fundus first dissection. Dissection can be with electrocutery or ultrasonic. The optimal technique or the optimal way of dissection has to be established. Patients are at 4 hospitals randomised to the different techniques and the different methods of dissection.

Detailed description

Patients at the participating hospitals are randomized to: 1. dissection starting at the triangle of Calots with electrocautery. 2. dissection by fundus first technique with electrocautery. 3. dissection by fundus first technique with ultrasonic dissection.

Conditions

• Cholecystectomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Randomized to three arm.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-05-01
• Primary completion: 2007-12-01
• Completion: 2007-12-01
• First posted: 2008-06-03
• Last updated: 2008-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden