The DEXTER-assisted Non-Emergent and Acute cholecyStecTomy Study (The NEST Study)

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Overview

This study aims to confirm the perioperative and early postoperative safety and clinical performance (efficacy) of the Dexter Robotic System, in patients undergoing robotic-assisted and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Cholecystectomy

Interventions

CholecystectomyPROCEDURE

Robotic-assisted and laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged \> 18 years * Patients planned to undergo elective robot-assisted and laparoscopic cholecystectomy; using one camera port, two ports for the manipulating instruments, and additional ports as needed. Exclusion Criteria: * Morbidly obese patients (BMI \> 40) * Any relative and absolute contraindications for the use of conventional endoscopes and endoscopic surgical instruments * Need for robotic stapling, advanced energy delivery, ultrasound, cryoablation and microwave energy delivery * Bleeding diathesis * Pregnancy * Patients with pacemakers or internal defibrillators * Any planned concomitant procedures * Patient deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision * Participation in another interventional clinical trial

Locations (4)

Groupe Hospitalier Saintes - Saint-Jean-d'Angély

Saintes, France

Universitätsklinikum Bonn

Bonn, Germany

Kantonsspital Winterthur

Winterthur, Switzerland

Klinik Hirslanden Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

primary safety endpoint

occurrence of Clavien - Dindo grades III-V adverse events

Time frame: up to 30 days

primary performance endpoint

successful completion of the Dexter-assisted procedure, i.e. free of any conversion to an open or fully laparoscopic surgical approach

Time frame: intraoperative

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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