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Last refreshed on: 29 April 2024
Main ID:  NCT03014817
Date of registration: 05/01/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Karolinska Institutet
Public title: Ultrasonically Activated Scalpel Versus Electrocautery Based Dissection in Acute Cholecystitis Trial
Scientific title: Ultrasonically Activated Scalpel Versus Electrocautery Based Dissection in Acute Cholecystitis. A Randomized, Double Blind, Multicenter Study
Date of first enrolment: October 1, 2019
Target sample size: 180
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03014817
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Gabriel Sandblom, Assoc Prof
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Affiliation:  Karolinska Institutet
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed for cholecystitis

- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score I-III

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients unable to express themselves in Swedish

- Pregnancy

- Previous open surgery in the upper abdomen

- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score >III



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cholecystitis, Acute
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Electrocautery
Procedure: Ultrasonically activated scalpel
Primary Outcome(s)
Postoperative complications [Time Frame: 30 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Technical performance [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Direct and indirect medical costs [Time Frame: 30 days]
Postoperative stay [Time Frame: 14 days]
Level of technical complexity [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Postoperative pain [Time Frame: 7 days]
Conversion rate [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Sick leave [Time Frame: 30 days]
Operative time [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Postoperative inflammatory activity [Time Frame: 7 days]
Secondary ID(s)
Ultrasonic scalpel trial
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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