Surgical Success After Laparoscopic vs Abdominal Hysterectomy

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Metrorrhagia, Menorrhagia, Leiomyoma, Adenomyosis, Pelvic Pain, Endometriosis, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

In brief

The purpose of the proposed pilot study is to investigate the effectiveness, cost, safety, and long-term impact on quality of life of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) in relation to abdominal hysterectomy (AH) for the treatment of benign gynecologic disease in women through a randomized surgical trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01793584

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

100

Starts

2013-02-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women undergoing hysterectomy for benign indications within 8 weeks of enrollment
• Women >18 years of age
• Non-emergent surgery
• Non-pregnant

You may not qualify if…

• Candidate for vaginal hysterectomy
• Uterine size >14 weeks by clinical exam OR >300 mL by ultrasound measurement
• History of cancer of reproductive tract
• Requires concomitant pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery
• Requires surgery for urinary incontinence
• Has acute angle glaucoma
• Has severe cardiac/respiratory disease
• Desires supracervical hysterectomy

Where it is running

• Parkland Hospital — Dallas, Texas, United States

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