IMTN Study- International Prospective Multicenter Trial on Clinical NOTES

IMTN NOTES Research Group

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Natural Orifice Surgery; Gastrointestinal Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Appendectomy; Procedure: Cholecystectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00995735

0209.0.314.000-08

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objectives: Since 2007, natural orifice surgery evolved from theory and animal research to clinical applications, but is still limited in the literature to small casuistic reports. A preliminary prospective evaluation of postoperative results of the early casuistic of Natural orifice Surgery for many indications may show advantages and disadvantages of the methods. The IMTN Multicenter Trial for Clinical NOTES was and early results are described.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients submitted to elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

• emergency surgery High ASA risk patients

Trial design

1,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Transgastric

Description:

Patients submitted to Transgastric NOTES surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: Cholecystectomy

Procedure: Appendectomy

Transvaginal

Description:

Patients submitted to Transvaginal surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: Cholecystectomy

Procedure: Appendectomy