Harmonic vs HF Knife in Patients Requiring Abdominal Surgery

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Status: Completed

Conditions: ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT

Treatments: Procedure: abdominal plastic surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01262378

ASK # 1557

2909 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prospective, non-randomized, controlled study to investigate the clinical outcome of surgery using the Harmonic knife vs the HF knife in patients requiring abdominoplastic surgery or body lift (Lockwood)

Full description

Aim of the study is to measure amount of seroma in each interventional arm.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years
• willing to give consent
• indication for abdominoplastic surgery
• no contraindication for general anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Smoking more than 10 p/day
• Diabetes mellitus I or II
• known neoplasms
• not willing or able to conform with study requirements

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Harmonic knife

Other group

Description:

surgery using the Harmonic knife

Treatment:

Procedure: abdominal plastic surgery

HF knife

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: abdominal plastic surgery