Comparison of Three Ports and Four Ports Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorKhyber Medical College, Peshawar
About this trial
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is done traditionally with four ports. It has been observed that the same could be achieved using three ports. In this study we will study the outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomy done with both techniques.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients diagnosed with cholelithiasis, scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
both genders
Disqualifiers
conversion to open cholecystectomy
patients requiring other bail-out procedures
lactating and pregnant women
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
three-ports laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Procedure/Surgeryin this arm, laparoscopic cholecystectomy will be done with three ports
four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Procedure/Surgeryin this arm, laparoscopic cholecystectomy will be done with four ports
Treatment groups
110 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: four-ports laparoscopic cholecystectomyActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Three-port Laparoscopic cholecystectomyExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Pain score
Mean pain score measured with a 0 to 10 scale visual analogue scale
Time frame
48 hours2
Operative Time
Number of minutes of operative time
Time frame
same day of surgerySecondary outcomes
1
Return to normal activity
Measured in number of days
Time frame
2 weeks2
hospital stay
post operative hospital stay measured in days
Time frame
2 weeksLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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