Status:
COMPLETED
Efficacy Study Comparing Hand-assisted Laparoscopic and Mini-incision Muscle Splitting Incision Living Donor Nephrectomy
Lead Sponsor:
University Medical Center Groningen
Conditions:
Living Donors
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of hand-assisted laparoscopic and mini-incision muscle-splitting donornephrectomy on living kidney donors. The hypothesis is that the mini-incision ...
Detailed Description
Living kidney donation has become an important source for kidney transplantation because of insufficient numbers of post mortem kidney donations. To reduce the surgical trauma of the donor operation a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Accepted as living kidney donor by local protocol
- 18 years or older
- Excellent understanding of Dutch language
- Able to be operated on by both surgical techniques
- Having read patient information and signed informed consent
Exclusion
- Previous surgery using subcostal incision(s)
- Not meeting the inclusion criteria
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00258986
Start Date
March 1 2004
End Date
December 1 2006
Last Update
March 4 2024
Active Locations (1)
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University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands, 9700 RB