Status:

COMPLETED

Transvaginal NOTES Cholecystectomy: Phase I/II Mexico Clinical Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango

Collaborating Sponsors:

Hospital Universitario La Paz

Conditions:

Cholelithiasis

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Cholecystectomy is one of the most common general surgery procedures performed in the US today and is among top 10 procedures performed in U.S. hospitals annually, and biliary tract disease has been e...

Detailed Description

Most recently, surgeons and endoscopists have focused on NOTES cholecystectomy. Access to the abdominal cavity to perform NOTES procedures has been obtained by transgastric, transvaginal, transvesical...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult (\> 18 years old) female patients residents of Durango Mexico.
  • Patients who undergo elective surgery.
  • Patients with ultrasound documented symptomatic cholelithiasis, gallbladder polyps of biliary dyskinesia.
  • Patients capable of giving written informed consent for the study.

Exclusion

  • Patients who have contraindications prohibiting general anesthesia.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Previous abdominal or gynecological procedures.
  • Uncontrollable medical or psychiatric conditions
  • Elderly \> 65 y/o.
  • Body Mass Index \> 35 mg/kg2.
  • Complicated or acute cholecystitis.
  • Elevation of liver function tests.
  • Acute abdomen.
  • Intra-abdominal abscess.
  • Coagulopathy.
  • Imperforated hymen.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00710502

Start Date

January 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

December 15 2009

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Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango, Mexico

Durango, Durango, Mexico, 34000