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Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Transvaginal Cholecystectomy

NCT00984100 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2015-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) describes a new field of investigational surgery which uses the endoscope as the primary operative tool. The insertion sites for the endoscope include natural orifices such as the mouth, anus, vagina, or urethra. Multidisciplinary teams of surgeons and gastroenterologists collaborate to develop safe and effective surgical techniques via the natural orifice route in order to avoid surgical incisions. Early studies have focused on transvaginal surgery as the access route to the abdomen as it sidesteps troubling questions about infection and closure of the organ. This study is a pilot study to test the feasibility to NOTES transvaginal cholecystectomy using conventional surgical and endoscopic tools.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

NOTES Transvaginal Cholecystectomy

An operation to remove the gallbladder, but instead of removing it via an incision in the abdominal wall, will be removed using an endoscope inserted through an opening in the posterior vagina (which then enters the abdominal cavity).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baystate Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John Romanelli, MD · Baystate Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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