Drain vs No drain in women undergoing surgery for cancers of uterus, cervix and ovary

A randomized controlled study of drain versus no drain in patients undergoing pelvic lymph node dissections with or without paraaortic lymph node dissection in gynaecological malignancies

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2017/09/009592

Enrollment

570

Registered

2017-09-01

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Patients undergoing surgery for gynecological malignancies

Interventions

Intervention1: Drainage: Patients in whom drains are kept Control Intervention1: no Drainage: Patients in whom no drains are kept

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All willing patients of age group 18 to 70 years with gynaecological malignancies undergoing bilateral pelvic lymphnode dissection with or without paraaortic lymphnode dissection as a part of definitive surgical procedure for gynaecological malignancies (endometrium, cervix and ovary) in SVIMS from May 2017 to december 2018. The use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy will be permitted for ovarian tumors only.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All patients with preoperative ascites, excessive intraoperative bleeding or vascular injury, continuous ooze at the time of closure of abdomen, patients who requires resection and anastomosis of bowel or urinary bladder repair

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Postoperative Pain, morbidity, interventionsTimepoint: 30 days postoperative Final analysis by December 2018	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Postoperative complicationsTimepoint: 30 day postoperative	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactGuru Raghavendra Naik

Sri venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences

drnarendrah@yahoo.co.in7382629699

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026