Status:
COMPLETED
Harmonic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis
Lead Sponsor:
University of Bologna
Conditions:
Cholecystitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In the developmental stage of laparoscopic cholecystectomy it was considered 'unsafe' or 'technically difficult' to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. With increasing experi...
Detailed Description
DESIGN The study project is a prospective, randomized investigation. The study will be performed in the Department of Emergency Surgery St Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital (Bologna, Italy), a larg...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients (\>18 years)
- Clinical (pain, fever \> 37.5 °C, WBC \> 10.000 / microL), and ultrasound evidence of cholecystitis
- ASA I-III patients
- Informed consent
- Less than 72h from the onset
Exclusion
- Informed consent refusal
- Choledocholithiasis
- Generalized peritonitis
- Previous abdominal surgical procedures
- Patients with an intra-operative findings of different pathology will be excluded from the study
- Apache II score \> 10
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
42 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00746850
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
October 13 2011
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S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital - University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy, 40138