The Safety and Efficacy of the Harmonic Scalpel in Neck Dissection
NCT ID: NCT01488682
Last Updated: 2011-12-08
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
59 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-01-31
2012-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Harmonic scalpel
Harmonic Focus® Curved Shears (Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, OH) was used for vascular control of the surgery regardless of vessel diameter, except when hand-tied or suture ligation was needed for IJV ligation or in case bleeding was not controlled with electrocoagulation
Neck dissection with Harmonic scalpel
The Harmonic Focus® Curved Shears (Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, OH) was used for vascular control of the surgery regardless of vessel diameter, except when hand-tied or suture ligation was needed for IJV ligation or in case bleeding was not controlled with electrocoagulation
conventional hand tie ligation
electrocautery was used to control the small vessels and conventional hand-tied ligation was used for large sized arterial, venous, or lymphatic vessels.
neck dissection with conventional hand-tie ligation
electrocautery was used to control the small vessels and conventional hand-tied ligation was used for large sized arterial, venous, or lymphatic vessels
Interventions
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Neck dissection with Harmonic scalpel
The Harmonic Focus® Curved Shears (Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, OH) was used for vascular control of the surgery regardless of vessel diameter, except when hand-tied or suture ligation was needed for IJV ligation or in case bleeding was not controlled with electrocoagulation
neck dissection with conventional hand-tie ligation
electrocautery was used to control the small vessels and conventional hand-tied ligation was used for large sized arterial, venous, or lymphatic vessels
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* surgery as initial treatment
Exclusion Criteria
* past history of neck surgery
18 Years
90 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Yonsei University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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Yonsei University Severance Hospital
Seoul, , South Korea
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Yoon Woo Koh, MD, PhD
Role: primary
References
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Other Identifiers
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1-2011-0014
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id