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Thyroid Surgery With the New Harmonic Scalpel: a Prospective Randomized Study

NCT00784407 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2008-11-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to compare the results of total thyroidectomy using the new harmonic scalpel device (FOCUS) to that with the previously available harmonic scalpel device (HARMONIC ACE).

Conditions

  • Thyroidectomy

Interventions

DEVICE

harmonic scalpel device utilized intraoperatively

harmonic scalpel device utilized intraoperatively (FOCUS in group A and HARMONIC ACE in group B patients)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hippocration General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Manouras, PhD · Department of Endocrine Surgery, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocratio General Hospital of Athens, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2008-07-31
Completion
2008-10-31

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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