Comparison of Single Trocar Cholecystectomy to Standard Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cholelithiasis

Treatments: Procedure: Standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Procedure: Single trocar cholecystectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00732550

Single trocar HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the advantages of single trocar cholecystectomy over standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-60
• symptomatic cholelithiasis
• ASA 1-2

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• morbid obesity with BMI>35
• other gallbladder pathology like polyps or tumor
• history of upper abdomen laparotomy
• suspected choledocholithiasis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Single trocar

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will undergo cholecystectomy by the single trocar approach

Treatment:

Procedure: Single trocar cholecystectomy

Standard lap cholecystectomy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard lap choly

Treatment:

Procedure: Standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy