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Status unknownNCT00553033Updated Nov 2, 2007

Laparoscopic Liver Resection

An observational study in Tumors, sponsored by IRCCS San Raffaele. Status unknown at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-11-02.

Sponsored by IRCCS San Raffaele · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2007), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
40
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic liver surgery.

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Perioperative course of patients undergoing liver resection is evaluated.

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Conditions studied

  • Tumors

Keywords

  • Patients must be candidable to liver resection
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In context

Lead sponsor

IRCCS San Raffaele is the lead sponsor of 443 studies on the registry; 234 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients udergoing liver resection for benign or malignant tumors

Inclusion criteria

  • benign or malignant tumors
  • tumor size less than 12 cm

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Operations that required laparotomic procedures
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)

Groups and cohorts

  • A

    Procedure: Laparoscopic liver surgery

Interventions

  • ProcedureLaparoscopic liver surgery

    Ultrasonic dissector, harmonic scalpel

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Perioperative Morbidity and mortality

    Time frame: Perioperative

Secondary outcomes

  1. Patient satisfation

    Time frame: Perioperative

  2. Patients satisfaction

    Time frame: Postoperative

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Department of Surgery - Liver Unit, Scientific Institute San Raffaele
    Milan, 20132, Italy
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Aldrighetti L, Pulitano C, Catena M, Arru M, Guzzetti E, Casati M, Comotti L, Ferla G. A prospective evaluation of laparoscopic versus open left lateral hepatic sectionectomy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2008 Mar;12(3):457-62. doi: 10.1007/s11605-007-0244-6. Epub 2007 Aug 14. PubMed 17701265 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 2, 2007, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00553033
Lead sponsor
IRCCS San Raffaele
First posted
Nov 2, 2007
Start date
Sep 2005
Completion
Dec 2008 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 2, 2007

Study contacts

Luca Aldrighetti, M.D, PhD
Contact
aldrighetti.luca@hsr.it
390226437806
Luca Aldrighetti, M.D PhD
study director · Department of Surgery - Liver Unit, Scientific Institute San Raffaele
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