Comparison of Different Umbilical Port Entry Techniques in Terms of Cosmetic Results

Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Pediatric Research and Training Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cicatrix

Treatments: Procedure: Ten mm trocar

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02672956

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators selected participants who operated by laparoscopic technique due to any gynecologic indication according to random number table. The ten mm trocar was inserted supraumbilical, infraumbilical and intraumbilical. The verres needle was not used in all of patients. One month after we evaluated umbilical scar by used vancouver scar scale and compared results of vancouver scar scale.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant with eligible for laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Participant with umbilical scar due to previous surgery, burn eg.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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105 participants in 3 patient groups

Supraumbilical entry group

Experimental group

Description:

Umbilical port will be insert to supra umbilical area.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ten mm trocar

Intraumbilical entry group

Experimental group

Description:

Umbilical port will be insert to intra umbilical area.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ten mm trocar

Infraumbilical group

Experimental group

Description:

Umbilical port will be insert to infra umbilical area.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ten mm trocar