Clamp-crush Technique Versus Harmonic Scalpel in Living Donor Hepatectomy (KK_HS)

Mansoura University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Hepatic Transplantation

Treatments: Device: Harmonic scalpel; Device: Kelly clamp crush technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02853981

GEC_LTx_Surg_216

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether clamp-crush technique for liver parenchymal transection is as safe as Harmonic scalpel device. outcomes will include: perioperative mortality, surgery-related complications, blood loss, amount of blood loss during hepatectomy, operating time, transection speed, markers of liver parenchymal injury and hospital stay.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Liver right lobe donors

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Harmonic scalpel group

Active Comparator group

Description:

group of donors whom will undergo liver transection using harmonic scalpel.

Treatment:

Device: Harmonic scalpel

clamp-crush group

Active Comparator group

Description:

group of donors whom will undergo liver transection using Kelly clamp.

Treatment:

Device: Kelly clamp crush technique