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Vaginal Cuff Closure in Robotic Hysterectomy

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Henry Ford Health

Status

Completed

Conditions

Complications of Medical Care

Treatments

Device: Vicryl Suture
Device: Lapra-Ty II
Device: V-lock suture

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02696239
6297 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of implementing different types of suturing materials and techniques of vaginal cuff closure in robotic assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy on cost, operative time and post operative surgical outcomes.

Full description

Robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery is the fastest growing new modality in gynecologic surgery. Surgeons are adapting it to perform both benign and oncologic gynecologic procedures. Therefore, the fastest growing robotic procedure in the united states is hysterectomy.

The literature in laparoscopic hysterectomy, both robotic and non-robotic, reports a complication of vaginal closure disruption after hysterectomy higher than with abdominal surgery. Reasons hypothesized for this phenomenon include colpotomy (vaginal incision) technique, vaginal closure technique, and types of suture. At present, no further follow up studies have been done to test some of these hypothesis. In light of the rapid adoption of this approach to hysterectomy, more data on this issue will help the physician in counseling patients regarding complications, as well as helping surgeons choose materials and techniques in their hysterectomies which will diminish the chance for this unfortunate complication, which causes pain, hospitalization and excess morbidity after the original surgery.

Additionally, a parallel development of newer suturing materials, the so-called "barbed" self-anchoring sutures, typically fabricated from monofilament materials, have been reported used in laparoscopic hysterectomies in case series. The relative contribution of theses newer materials to the rates of cuff disruption is unknown.

The protocol proposes testing the null hypothesis that different suture materials and methods of closure do not cause a significant difference in the rates of vaginal cuff disruption after robotic assisted laparoscopic total hysterectomy.

Study design is a prospective randomized controlled trial. Patients will be blindly randomized to one of the 3 closure techniques using 3 different materials. Technique and material by necessity can not be blinded to the surgeon. Otherwise, standard surgical technique will be used. Followup in 2 and 6 weeks for clinical assessment will be performed. To asses the long term of cuff disruption, a 12 month interview will be also conducted. Data points will include operative time for closure, postoperative pain at 2 and 6 weeks, postoperative pain with urination/voiding at 2 and 6 weeks, spotting, bleeding and /or frank vaginal disruption documented at 2 and 6 weeks, and pain and presence of dyspareunia at 12 months will be assessed.

Cost associated with cuff closure will be calculated by addition of OR time and material cost.

Enrollment

90 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Women scheduled for robotic assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who will not consent.
  • Hysterectomy due to malignant conditions.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

90 participants in 3 patient groups

V-lock suture
Active Comparator group
Description:
V-lock absorbable Wound Closure Device, by Covidien
Treatment:
Device: V-lock suture
Vicryl suture
Active Comparator group
Description:
Vicryl suture by Ethicon
Treatment:
Device: Vicryl Suture
Lapra-Ty II
Active Comparator group
Description:
Lapra-Ty II, Absorbable Suture Clip, by Ethicon
Treatment:
Device: Lapra-Ty II

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