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Hemorrhoidectomy in Patients With Grade III and IV Disease:Harmonic Scalpel Compared With Conventional Technique

NCT03938714 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2019-05-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hemorrhoidectomy is the treatment of choice for grade 3 and 4th degree hemorrhoids. Various surgical technique has been used to improve the outcome of the procedures performed in respect to operative time ,post operative pain and hospital stay. This study compares the conventional closed technique with harmonic scalpel technique which is a device regulated with ultrasonic waves to perform the procedure with minimal postoperative complication as well as decreasing the prolong stay in hospital.

Conditions

  • Hemorrhoidectomy
  • Third Degree Hemorrhoids
  • Fourth Degree Hemorrhoids
  • Operative Time
  • Postoperative,Pain
  • Length of Stay

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Hemorrhoidectomy

Excision of third and fourth degree hemorrhoids

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Services Hospital, Lahore

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Safia Z Ahmed, FCPS · Services Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-27
Primary Completion
2016-02-26
Completion
2016-02-28

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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