Status:
COMPLETED
Comparing Minilaparotomy and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy as a Day Surgery Procedure
Lead Sponsor:
Kuopio University Hospital
Conditions:
Gallstone Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Minlaparotomy (MC) and laparoscopic cholecystoctomy (LC) are commonly applied surgical techniques for the management of symptomatic gallstone disease and both techiques have shown to be feasible for d...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Cholelithiasis confirmed by preoperative ulrasound
- No significant co-morbidities
- The ASA physical status classification 1 or 2
- Age 18 to 65 yrs.
- BMI less than 35
- Less than a one hour journey from hospital to home
- Patient´s own motivation to daysurgery
Exclusion
- Elevated liver laboratory tests
- Earlier jaundice
- A suspicion or verified stones in the common bile duct
- Acute cholecystitis
- A history of pancreatitis
- Hepatic cirrhosis
- Suspicion of cancer
- Previous open upper abdominal surgery
- Asthma
- Peptic ulcer
- Bleeding disorders
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01873638
Start Date
February 1 2006
End Date
April 1 2008
Last Update
June 10 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Kuopio University Hospital
Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland, 70029