Harmonic vs HF Knife in Patients Requiring Abdominal Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT
• Interventions: Procedure: abdominal plastic surgery

• Registration Number: NCT01262378
• Lead Sponsor: Asklepios proresearch

Brief Summary

Prospective, non-randomized, controlled study to investigate the clinical outcome of surgery using the Harmonic knife vs the HF knife in patients requiring abdominoplastic surgery or body lift (Lockwood)

Detailed Description

Aim of the study is to measure amount of seroma in each interventional arm.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-02
• Primary Completion: 2010-11
• Study Completion: 2010-11
• Status Verified: 2010-12
• Study First Submitted: 2010-12-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-12-16
• Study First Posted: 2010-12-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-05
• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years
• willing to give consent
• indication for abdominoplastic surgery
• no contraindication for general anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

• Smoking more than 10 p/day
• Diabetes mellitus I or II
• known neoplasms
• not willing or able to conform with study requirements

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Harmonic knife	abdominal plastic surgery	surgery using the Harmonic knife
HF knife	abdominal plastic surgery	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
amount of seroma	first post operative day until hospital discharge

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Asklepios Klinik Wandsbek; 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany