Blade Finger Technique for Safe Laparoscopic Entery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Insufflation; Safety Issues; Laparoscopic Surgery; Operative Surgical Procedure
• Interventions: Procedure: finger-blade technique; Procedure: veress needle technique; Procedure: Hasson's technique

• Registration Number: NCT05475470
• Lead Sponsor: Zagazig University

Brief Summary

blade-finger technique is a new technique for laparoscopic access which is safe

Detailed Description

after optaining irb approval and patients consented, they were divided into 3 groups to whom one of the techniques of laparoscopic entery was applied and there was a comparison between these groups

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-20
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-31
• Study Completion: 2022-05-31
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-27
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1005

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients more than 18 year-old.
• underwent laparoscopic surgery in general surgery departments in both centers from March, 2020 to May, 2022.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with one or more previous abdominal surgery (upper, lower or upper and lower midline scars).
• Patients with distended abdomen due to bowel obstruction.
• Patients with uncorrected coagulopathy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
group a	finger-blade technique	the group we used our new blade-finger technique
group c	veress needle technique	the group we used veress needle technique
group b	Hasson's technique	the group we used Hasson's technique

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
numbers of trials till the good peritoneal access achieved	the first 15 minutes of operation	number of trials till succeeded peritoneal access
time needed to access the peritoneal cavity	the first 15 minutes of operation	the time of the procedure of access

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
rate of complications	the first 15 minutes of operation	bleeding, bowel injury

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Zagazig University; 🇪🇬 Zagazig, Egypt