NCT00986544

Drain After Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Drain After Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 106 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Roma La Sapienza · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The trial aims to assess the value of drains in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Detailed description

After laparoscopic gallbladder removal patients are randomized to have a suction drain positioned in the subhepatic space or to have a sham drain in the subhepatic space. The primary outcome measure will be the presence of subhepatic fluid collection at ultrasonographic examination on the first postoperative day. Secondary outcome measures will be postoperative abdominal and shoulder tip pain, use of analgesics, nausea, vomiting and morbidity

Conditions

• Cholelithiasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	no drain	drain positioned on the skin
PROCEDURE	drain positioned	drain positioned in the subhepatic space
PROCEDURE	drain not positioned	Drain positioned in the abdominal wall

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-12-01
• Primary completion: 2011-02-01
• Completion: 2011-02-01
• First posted: 2009-09-30
• Last updated: 2012-03-23
• Results posted: 2012-03-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy