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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00848146
Date of registration: 19/02/2009
Primary sponsor: Northwestern University
Public title: NOTES-Assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery TAS-NOTES
Scientific title: Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)-Assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery
Date of first enrolment: February 2009
Target sample size: 4
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00848146
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Eric S Hungness, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Northwestern University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Ability to undergo general anesthesia

- Age > 18 yrs. of age and < 85 yrs. of age

- Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Acute cholecystitis

- BMI > 40

- Contraindicated for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)

- Presence of common duct stones

- Presence of esophageal stricture

- Altered gastric anatomy

- Gallstone greater than 1.5cm diameter seen on pre-op ultrasound

- Pregnancy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
Endoscopy
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Endoscopically assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery
Primary Outcome(s)
post operative pain [Time Frame: two weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
quality of life [Time Frame: two weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
23522
NU IRB# 1452-006
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
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