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Prospective Randonmized Comparison of Needlescopic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy

NCT00713115 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2008-07-11

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Summary

The study is a prospective radonmized comparison between needlescopic adrenalectomy and conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy for benign adrenal tumors less than 5 cm. The operative success rate, operative time, intraoperative blood loss, intraoperative or postoperative complication, postoperative pain, postoperative hospital stay, convalescence, and wound cosmesis were compared.

Conditions

  • Adrenal Tumors

Interventions

PROCEDURE

needlescopic adrenalectomy and laparoscopic adrenalectomy

Needlescopic instruments, defined as those with a diameter of no more than 3 mm. They result in smaller incisions than conventional 5- to 12-mm instruments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shih-Chieh Chueh, MD. PhD · National Taiwan University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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