aparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy versus open distal gastrectomy. A prospective randomized single-blind study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- gastric cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000002547
- Lead Sponsor
- Division of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
The exclusion criteria were metastatic disease, previous history of malignancy in any organ, any co-morbidity obviating major surgery, contraindication to laparoscopy such as severe cardiac disease, abdominal wall hernias, portal hypertension, pregnancy, previous upper abdominal major surgery excluding appendectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy, complicated cases requiring emergency surgery, and an accompanying surgical condition requiring surgery at the same time.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endpoint of the study was comparison of physical activity between the LADG and ODG groups using Active tracer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary endpoints were various postoperative surgical parameters, duration of pain control, times of pain rescue and visual analog pain scale.