A Randomized Trial Comparing Horizontal and Vertical Vaginal Cuff Closure

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hysterectomy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possible impacts of two techniques of vaginal cuff closure during robotic hysterectomy. We aim to compare vertical vs horizontal vaginal cuff closure and the impact that these techniques have on vaginal length, sexual function, and overall complication rates.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02117492

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

70

Starts

2014-05-01

Expected to finish

2017-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female premenopausal patients undergoing robot assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy

You may not qualify if…

• Adults unable to consent
• Children under the age of 18
• Pregnant women
• Prisoners
• Post-menopausal women
• Women with the known preoperative need for bowel or genitourinary surgery at the time of hysterectomy
• Patients unable to consent to the procedure in the English language

Where it is running

• Penn State Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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