A Videographic Study to Evaluate the Impact of a Pulsed Firing Technique on Staple Line Interventions in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Completed

Conditions studied: Hemostasis

In brief

Prospective, multi-center study will evaluate a pulsing technique with the ECHELON FLEX GST system for hemostasis at the staple line in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy procedures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03896061

Run by

Ethicon, Inc.

People needed

62

Starts

2019-04-15

Expected to finish

2019-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-24

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Willingness to sign a Video, Audio and Digital Data Release consent for participation; and
• Scheduled for a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy procedure.

You may not qualify if…

• Prophylactic use of buttressing material
• Other staple line reinforcement

Where it is running

• Surgical Specialists of Louisiana — Metairie, Louisiana, United States
• State University of New York at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, United States
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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