3-midline-ports Cholecystectomy

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Postoperative Pain

• Registration Number: NCT01378819
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

Brief Summary

The 3-midline-ports technique is a safety approach and associates lower postoperative pain, when compared with the standard "French" technique.

Detailed Description

The patients will be randomized into 2 groups: those patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy following the "French" technique (Group 1) and those ones undergoing the 3-midline-ports approach (Group 2).

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2010-02
• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2010-12
• Study Completion: 2010-12
• Study First Submitted: 2011-06-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-06-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-06-21
• Study First Posted: 2011-06-22
• Last Update Posted: 2011-06-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones.

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of acute cholecystitis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postoperative pain	24 hours	The postoperative pain will be investigated 24 hours after surgery