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Using da Vinci SP System for Patients With Cholelithiasis and Choledocholithiasis
Led by National Taiwan University Hospital · Updated on 2025-02-28
25
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
101 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
N
National Taiwan University Hospital
Lead Sponsor
I
Intuitive Surgical
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
A prospective, interventional, single arm study to investigate clinical feasibility of single-stage cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration using da Vinci SP Surgical System (robotic surgery)
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Using da Vinci SP System for Patients With Cholelithiasis and Choledocholithiasis
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 20 years or more
- Symptomatic cholelithiasis with or without choledocholithiasis or symptomatic chronic cholecystitis with or without biliary tract injury or stricture
- Indicated for cholecystectomy with or without common bile duct exploration and suitable for robotic surgery
- Patients who failed or are not suitable for stone extraction by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for choledocholithiasis
- ASA physical status classification 1-2 with adequate organ function
- Willing and able to comply with study protocol and follow-up
- Patients on anti-platelet or anti-coagulation medications can participate if medications are stopped 5 days before surgery; those on Warfarin require hospital admission for bridging therapy
- Provided informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe acute cholecystitis
- Suspected or untreated biliary tract cancer
- Body mass index (BMI) 35 or higher, or less than 18.5
- Unable to tolerate the robotic surgery position
- Severe abdominal adhesions from previous surgery
- Prior major upper abdominal surgery deemed unsuitable for robotic surgery
- Active infection
- Severe illnesses that greatly reduce life expectancy or increase surgery risk, such as severe heart disease (NYHA III-IV) or severe lung disease (GOLD C-D)
- Unable to follow study procedures
- Systemic or pelvic disease increasing surgical risk
- Coagulopathy
- Emergency surgery
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 100
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
W
Weichieh Tsai
CONTACT
J
Jacqueline Liang
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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