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Clinical Impact of Routine Abdominal Drainage After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

NCT00886210 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2009-04-22

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Summary

Patients and methods: 100 patients were included in this study. They divided into two groups, group (A) with drain and group (B) without drain. The investigators recorded the effect of drainage on, postoperative pain (Po-P) using visual analogue scale VAS at 6, 24, 48 hours and 1 week postoperative nausea/vomiting at 6, 24, 48 hours postoperative, abdominal collection, hospital stay, chest complication, and postoperative body temperature.

Conditions

  • Abdominal Drainage
  • Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
  • Gall Stones

Interventions

PROCEDURE

intra abdominal drain

Under general anesthesia, and same antibiotics (3rd generation cephalosporin). Surgery was performed using conventional four ports umbilical port, port below xiphoid and two ports below right costal margin. Pneumoperitonum at pressure 12 mmHg. In group A nelton catheter (no 20) inserted at the end of operation.

PROCEDURE

LC without drain

Under general anesthesia, and same antibiotics (3rd generation cephalosporin). Surgery was performed using conventional four ports umbilical port, port below xiphoid and two ports below right costal margin. Pneumoperitonum at pressure 12 mmHg. In group no drain at the end of operation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mansoura University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ayman Elnakeeb, MD · Mansoura University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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