Drainage is Not Necessary Procedure After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Due to Severe Acute Cholecystitis

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01625247

Enrollment

162

Registered

2012-06-21

Start date

2009-06-30

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2012-06-21

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Conditions

Acute Cholecystitis, Empyema

Brief summary

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the current preferred method of cholecystectomy. The role of routine drainage after LC to decrease postoperative morbidity is still an issue of considerable debate. The goal of this study was to assess to role of drains in LC, performed for acute inflamed gallbladder.

Interventions

PROCEDURESurgical drainage

Postoperative abdominal drainage were connected to a 200-mL closed suction reservoir. The drainage was removed if there are drainage amount less than 20 mL and color was serous color.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Acute cholecystis * Laparoscopic cholecystectomy * KAROFSKY PERFORMANCE SCALE \> 70 * No history of major operation

Exclusion criteria

* NYHA class \> 3 * Open cholecystectomy * No- compliance * Intraoperative injuries * Inadequate hemostasis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
frequency of postoperative complication occurrence	whinin 1 week and 8 weeks postoperatively

Countries

South Korea

Contacts

Primary ContactDong Sup Yoon, MD

yds1660@yuhs.ac82-2-2019-2444

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026