Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Conventional Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

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Conditions studied: Menorrhagia, Pelvic Pain, Hysterectomy

In brief

Robotic-assisted surgery is becoming more prominent within the specialty of Gynecologic surgery with little direct evidence that it is if not better than traditional laparoscopic surgery, at least equivalent. We designed a randomized-controlled trial to compare operative times, length of hospital stay, estimated blood loss, and post-operative complications associated with these two methods of minimally invasive hysterectomy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02118974

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

144

Starts

2014-05-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Undergoing Hysterectomy
• Able to consent to the procedure

You may not qualify if…

• Medical conditions not allowing for pneumoperitoneum
• Medical conditions not allowing proper ventilation during anesthesia
• Pelvic organ prolapse amendable to a vaginal approach
• Pregnant women
• Patients undergoing planned combined procedures including bowel resection (other than coincidental appendectomy) or major urologic procedures.

Where it is running

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

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