The Umbilical Access in Laparoscopic Surgery

St John of God Hospital, Vienna

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Cosmesis; Scars; Patient Satisfaction

Treatments: Procedure: infraumbilical incision; Procedure: intraumbilical incision

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01350739

Umb11

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to access to the abdominal cavity using different incision-types within the umbilical area.

Effects of different incisions on scarring and on the umbilical form will be investigated.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patient undergoing laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• patients following open abdominal surgery

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

intraumbilical incision

Other group

Description:

an intraumbilical vertical incision is made

Treatment:

Procedure: intraumbilical incision

infraumbilical incision

Other group

Description:

incision is done in circular fashion at the inferior boarder of umbilicus

Treatment:

Procedure: infraumbilical incision