Economisation of Whipple Resection Using Electrosurgical Sealing Device (SEAL)

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Status: Completed

Conditions: Duodenopancreatectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00850291

2907

Details and patient eligibility

About

Including 89 randomised patient, the studies aim is to determine whether an economisation and/or improvement in terms of operating time, drainage fluid, blood loss, time of hospitalisation can be found using an electrosurgical sealing device versus traditional surgical methods such as stitches an ligations.The study is performed for patients undergoing partial pancreatoduodenectomy.

Enrollment: 89 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• resectable tumor

Exclusion criteria

• palliative resection

Trial design

89 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

Electrosurgical vessel sealing device

2

Description:

traditional surgical methods:stitches and ligations