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Thyroid Surgery With the New Harmonic Scalpel or the Electrothermal Bipolar Vessel Sealer

NCT00892164 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2009-05-04

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 to that with the electrothermal bipolar vessel sealer.

Conditions

  • Thyroidectomy

Interventions

DEVICE

harmonic scalpel device (FOCUS)

hemostatic device utilized intraoperatively

DEVICE

electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system (LIGASURE PRECISE)

hemostatic device utilized intraoperatively

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hippocration General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Manouras, MD, PhD · Department of Endocrine Surgery, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocration 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
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2009-04-30

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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