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Clinical Trial on Harmonic Focus Shears Versus Ligasure Small Jaw and Clamp-and-tie Technique for Total Thyroidectomy

NCT01649154 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2012-07-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Harmonic Focus and Ligasure small-Jaw are the last device designed for thyroid surgery. The aim is to assess: 1. decrease of operative time (minutes); 2. decrease of post-operative blood loss (milliliters); 3. decrease of post-operative stay (days); decrease of post-operative complications (%, hypocalcemia, laringeal nerve demage), compared to traditional dissection in a prospective randomized trial of total thyroidectomy procedures, for benign disease.

Conditions

  • Benign Thoroid Disease Requiring Total Thyroidectomy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Total Thyroidectomy with cut and tie technique vs Total Thyroidectomy with Ligasure Small-JAW vs Total Thyroidectomy with Harmonic Focus

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ospedale Regina Apostolorum

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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