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Comparing Harmonic Ultrasonic Scalpel to Small Jaw Bipolar Device in Thyroid Surgery

NCT01765686 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2017-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Energy devices are used routinely during thyroid surgery to aid surgical dissection and to stop bleeding. The newer generation energy devices have several advantages over older machines. The two most commonly used newer generation energy devices are the Harmonic scalpel and the Small Jaw bipolar device. Currently there has been no randomized controlled trial that compares both devices side to side. We aim to compare the effectiveness of these two newer generation energy devices in thyroid surgery.

Conditions

  • Thyroid Diseases

Interventions

DEVICE

Harmonic Scalpel (Ethicon Endo-Surgery, USA)

DEVICE

Ligasure Small Jaw (Covidien, USA)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Centre, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gopal Iyer, Consultant · National Cancer Centre, Singapore

  • Jeremy Ng, Consultant · Singapore General Hospital

  • Khoon Hiang Tan, Senior Consultant · National Cancer Centre, Singapore

  • Chye Ngian Tan, Consultant · National Cancer Centre, Singapore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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