Harmonic vs HF Knife in Patients Requiring Abdominal Surgery

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT Clinical Trial

Official title:

Clinical Outcome of the Seroma Amount Using the Harmonic vs the HF Knife for Surgery According to Lockwood and Abdominoplastic Surgery: A Prospective Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01262378
• Other study ID #: ASK # 1557
• Secondary ID: 2909
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 16, 2010
• Last updated: April 5, 2018
• Start date: February 2009
• Est. completion date: November 2010

Study information

• Verified date: December 2010
• Source: Asklepios proresearch
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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)

Description:

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: November 2010
• Est. primary completion date: November 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT

Intervention

Procedure:
• abdominal plastic surgery
Surgery for ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Asklepios Klinik Wandsbek	Hamburg

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Asklepios proresearch	Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	amount of seroma		first post operative day until hospital discharge