Status:
COMPLETED
Ligasure Versus Diathermy Haemorrhoidectomy Under Local Anesthesia
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital de Viladecans
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fundacio per la recerca e investigació del Hospital de Viladecans
Conditions:
Hemorrhoids
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-90 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of this prospective randomised trial was to compare the short- and long-term efficacy of conventional diathermy haemorrhoidectomy versus Ligasure™ diathermy, and to assess the short-term...
Detailed Description
Seventy-four consecutive patients with a long-standing history of symptomatic grade III or IV haemorrhoids were assigned randomly by means of a computer-generated list to conventional diathermy haemor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients with a long-standing history of symptomatic grade III or IV haemorrhoids
Exclusion
- previous anal surgery, concomitant anal disease (fissure, fistula, incontinence and inflammatory bowel disease), use of anticoagulants or analgesics, known hypersensitivity to local anaesthetics and the inability to give written informed consent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
81 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00617448
Start Date
May 1 2005
End Date
June 1 2007
Last Update
February 18 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital de Viladecans (Departement of surgery: coloproctology)
Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain, 08840