Laparoscopic Liver Resection

• Sponsor: IRCCS San Raffaele (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT00553033
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 40
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 39
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic liver surgery.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Tumors	Procedure: Laparoscopic liver surgery

Detailed Description

Perioperative course of patients undergoing liver resection is evaluated.

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Anticipated Enrollment: 40 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Official Title: Prospective Evaluation of Laparoscopic Liver Resection
• Study Start Date: Sep 1, 2005
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Dec 1, 2008

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
A	Procedure: Laparoscopic liver surgery; Ultrasonic dissector, harmonic scalpel

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Perioperative Morbidity and mortality [Perioperative]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Patient satisfation [Perioperative]

2. Patients satisfaction [Postoperative]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 90 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• benign or malignant tumors

• tumor size less than 12 cm

Exclusion Criteria:

• Operations that required laparotomic procedures

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Department of Surgery - Liver Unit, Scientific Institute San Raffaele	Milan		Italy	20132

Sponsors and Collaborators

• IRCCS San Raffaele

Investigators

• Study Director: Luca Aldrighetti, M.D PhD, Department of Surgery - Liver Unit, Scientific Institute San Raffaele

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00553033
• Other Study ID Numbers: LPSLIVER1
• First Posted: Nov 2, 2007
• Last Update Posted: Nov 2, 2007
• Last Verified: Oct 1, 2007

• Keywords provided by , ,: Patients must be candidable to liver resection

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 2, 2007