This single-institution prospective randomized clinical trial will be performed at the Gynecologic Oncology clinic of Ankara University. Patients with endometrial cancer and cervix cancer who will be operated for staging via laparoscopic approach will be included in the study. The included patients will be randomized to two groups before surgery. During the operation of first group instruments with advanced bipolar energy will be used during lymphadenectomy and hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy. In the second group the operation will be performed by conventional bipolar energy forceps. The outcome parameters to be measured are intra-operative bleeding, duration of operation, intraoperative complications, postoperative pain score, postoperative complications, postoperative duration of hospitalization, late complications such as lymphocele formation and costs.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
68
Vessel sealing device Ligasure-Covidien used during laparoscopic hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy
Vessel sealing device RoBi forceps-Karl Storz used during laparoscopic hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy
Ankara University Medical Faculty Hospital
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
Duration of operation
Time frame: six months
Perioperative complications
Time frame: six months
Pain measured by Visual Analog Scale
Time frame: Postoperative pain scores at 8th and 24th hours
Total cost of hospitalization, operation and complications
Time frame: six months
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