Harmonic vs HF Knife in Patients Requiring Abdominal Surgery

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Overview

Prospective, non-randomized, controlled study to investigate the clinical outcome of surgery using the Harmonic knife vs the HF knife in patients requiring abdominoplastic surgery or body lift (Lockwood)

Aim of the study is to measure amount of seroma in each interventional arm.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT

Interventions

abdominal plastic surgeryPROCEDURE

Surgery for ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years * willing to give consent * indication for abdominoplastic surgery * no contraindication for general anaesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * Smoking more than 10 p/day * Diabetes mellitus I or II * known neoplasms * not willing or able to conform with study requirements

Locations (1)

Asklepios Klinik Wandsbek

Hamburg, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

amount of seroma

Time frame: first post operative day until hospital discharge

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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