NOTES-Assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis

In brief

This study proposes to evaluate the ability to reduce the size and number of laparoscopic incisions required to perform gall bladder removal by using flexible endoscopic instruments introduced through the mouth, into the stomach and through the stomach wall.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00486655

Run by

USGI Medical

People needed

25

Starts

2007-05-01

Expected to finish

2007-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability to undergo general anesthesia
• Age >= 18 yrs. of age and <= 85 yrs. of age
• Ability to give informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Acute cholecystitis
• BMI >= 40
• Contraindicated for EGD
• Presence of common duct stones
• Presence of esophageal stricture
• Altered gastric anatomy

Where it is running

• Oregon Clinic — Portland, Oregon, United States

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