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CompletedNCT02041065

Waterjet Versus Ultrasound Dissection During Hepatic Transection

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
84 (actual)
Sponsor
Karolinska University Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Before liver transection patients are allocated to either waterjet or CUSA to divide the liver parenchyma.

Detailed description

Transection time, bloodloss, total operation time and postoperative complication rates are registered.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEWaterjet induced dissectionWaterjet induced dissection of the liver during resection.Waterjet dissection device mechanically separates hepatic tissue from bile ducts and vessels, the latter two to be separately ligated.
DEVICECUSA induced dissectionUltrasound based destruction of the liver

Timeline

Start date
2011-02-01
Primary completion
2015-02-01
Completion
2015-03-01
First posted
2014-01-20
Last updated
2015-09-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02041065. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.