Multi-center Prospective Study on E-NOTES for Myomectomy With Traction of Multidirectional Sutures

Sponsor
National Cancer Center, Korea (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01829022
Collaborator
The Catholic University of Korea (Other), Saint Vincent's Hospital, Korea (Other), Incheon St.Mary's Hospital (Other), Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong (Other), Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center (Other), Korea University Guro Hospital (Other), Korea University Anam Hospital (Other), Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center (Other), National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital (Other), Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (Other), Seoul National University Hospital (Other), Samsung Medical Center (Other), Soonchunhyang University Hospital (Other), Ajou University (Other), Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital (Other), Severance Hospital (Other), Asan Medical Center (Other), Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital (Other), Inje University (Other), CHA University (Other), Kyungpook National University Hospital (Other), Hallym University Medical Center (Other), Hanyang University (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Primary objectives : To investigate technical feasibility and postoperative morbidity after E-NOTES for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures

Secondary objectives : To investigate postoperative pain after E-NOTES for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures by clinical variables such as incision size, type of port, size and number of myoma, or operation time.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Procedure: E-NOTES

Detailed Description

  • Leiomyoma is a common benign tumor of the smooth muscle cells of the myometrium.1 It can cause several symptoms such as abnormal vaginal bleeding, pain, or urinary symptoms according to size and location. Steadily, lesser invasive surgeries have been preferred for such benign disease (laparotomy, laparoscopy, and then single-port surgery).2,3

  • However, these minimal approaches, laparoscopic morcellation of preoperatively suspicious leimyoma, have the potential risk of peritoneal seeding of postoperative diagnosed leiomyosarcoma in the pathological examination.4 Currently, safe morcellation is also required during myomectomy while using a lesser invasive surgical approach such as single-port surgery or natural orifice transumbilical endoscopic surgery (NOTES).

  • During single-port surgery or embryonic NOTES (E-NOTES) via an umbilicus, handling of myoma into different directions could be quite a big challenge. Fortunately, myoma is enough hard to pull with string and has a tendency not to rupture during manipulation of these strings.

  • These concepts lead to traction of anchoring sutures during E-NOTES for myomectomy applied in the current case. Safe morcellation could be guaranteed, because direction morcellation via an umbilicus is possible in an endobag.

  • This useful and safe surgical approach needs to be confirmed in multi-centers in terms of feasibility and morbidity.

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
35 participants
Observational Model:
Case-Only
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Multi-center Prospective Study on Embryonic-Natural Orifice Transumbilical Endoscopic Surgery for Myomectomy With Traction of Multidirectional Sutures
Study Start Date :
Apr 1, 2013
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2014
Actual Study Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2014

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
E-NOTES

Embryonic-Natural Orifice Transumbilical Endoscopic Surgery for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures

Procedure: E-NOTES
Embryonic-Natural Orifice Transumbilical Endoscopic Surgery for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures
Other Names:
  • Embryonic-Natural Orifice Transumbilical Endoscopic Surgery
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Technical feasibilities and postoperative morbidity after E-NOTES for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures [Postoperative surveillance including pain evaluation as routine clinical practise for 1 months]

      Technical feasibility and postoperative morbidity will be evaluated in terms of overall or institutional conversion rate to convetional multi-port laparoscopy or laparotomy, operation time for each surgical procedures: dissection, morecellation, suturing, and total surgical procedures, complication, change of hemoglobin, and estimated blood loss

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Postoperative pain after E-NOTES for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures by clinical variables such as incision size, type of port, size and number of myoma, or operation time. [Preoperative and postoperative pain]

      Visual analogue scale will be used for pain evaluation: preoperative, postoperative 24 hour, postoperative 48 hour, postoperative 10 day (7 to 10 day), and postoperative 28 day (21 to 35 day).

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    20 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    Female
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Women who are surgically candidate for myomectomy

    • Age > 20 years

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Contraindications for laparoscopic surgery and/or general anesthesia.

    • Greater than five fibroids sized of 3cm or more

    • Uterus extending beyond the umbilicus

    • Major medical comorbidity or psychiatric illness, which could affect follow-up and/or compliance

    • Patients undergoing concomitant complex surgical procedures at the time of myomectomy (such as resection of severe endometriosis etc.)

    • Pregnancy

    • Patients with any suggestion of malignancy in the pelvis

    • Patients with cooperation of another main surgical procedures such as severe adhesiolysis or low anterior resection

    • Patients who are severely anemic or who have significant medical conditions such as cardiac or pulmonary disease

    • Patients who refuse to participate or give consent to the procedures

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 National Cancer Center Goyang Gyeonggi Korea, Republic of
    2 National Cancer Center Koyang-si Korea, Republic of

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • National Cancer Center, Korea
    • The Catholic University of Korea
    • Saint Vincent's Hospital, Korea
    • Incheon St.Mary's Hospital
    • Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong
    • Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
    • Korea University Guro Hospital
    • Korea University Anam Hospital
    • Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center
    • National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital
    • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
    • Seoul National University Hospital
    • Samsung Medical Center
    • Soonchunhyang University Hospital
    • Ajou University
    • Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
    • Severance Hospital
    • Asan Medical Center
    • Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
    • Inje University
    • CHA University
    • Kyungpook National University Hospital
    • Hallym University Medical Center
    • Hanyang University

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Myong Cheol Lim, MD, PhD, National Cancer Center

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Myong Cheol Lim, Senior researcher, National Cancer Center, Korea
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01829022
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • NCCNCS-13-MAR
    First Posted:
    Apr 11, 2013
    Last Update Posted:
    Jun 26, 2014
    Last Verified:
    Jun 1, 2014
    Keywords provided by Myong Cheol Lim, Senior researcher, National Cancer Center, Korea
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Jun 26, 2014