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Multi-center Prospective Study on E-NOTES for Myomectomy With Traction of Multidirectional Sutures

Multi-center Prospective Study on Embryonic-Natural Orifice Transumbilical Endoscopic Surgery for Myomectomy With Traction of Multidirectional Sutures

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01829022
Acronym
E-NOTES
Enrollment
35
Registered
2013-04-11
Start date
2013-04-30
Completion date
2014-04-30
Last updated
2014-06-26

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Conditions

Myoma

Keywords

Myoma, Uterine myomectomy

Brief summary

Primary objectives : To investigate technical feasibility and postoperative morbidity after E-NOTES for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures Secondary objectives : To investigate postoperative pain after E-NOTES for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures by clinical variables such as incision size, type of port, size and number of myoma, or operation time.

Detailed description

* Leiomyoma is a common benign tumor of the smooth muscle cells of the myometrium.1 It can cause several symptoms such as abnormal vaginal bleeding, pain, or urinary symptoms according to size and location. Steadily, lesser invasive surgeries have been preferred for such benign disease (laparotomy, laparoscopy, and then single-port surgery).2,3 * However, these minimal approaches, laparoscopic morcellation of preoperatively suspicious leimyoma, have the potential risk of peritoneal seeding of postoperative diagnosed leiomyosarcoma in the pathological examination.4 Currently, safe morcellation is also required during myomectomy while using a lesser invasive surgical approach such as single-port surgery or natural orifice transumbilical endoscopic surgery (NOTES). * During single-port surgery or embryonic NOTES (E-NOTES) via an umbilicus, handling of myoma into different directions could be quite a big challenge. Fortunately, myoma is enough hard to pull with string and has a tendency not to rupture during manipulation of these strings. * These concepts lead to traction of anchoring sutures during E-NOTES for myomectomy applied in the current case. Safe morcellation could be guaranteed, because direction morcellation via an umbilicus is possible in an endobag. * This useful and safe surgical approach needs to be confirmed in multi-centers in terms of feasibility and morbidity.

Interventions

PROCEDUREE-NOTES

Embryonic-Natural Orifice Transumbilical Endoscopic Surgery for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures

Sponsors

The Catholic University of Korea
CollaboratorOTHER
Saint Vincent's Hospital, Korea
CollaboratorOTHER
Incheon St.Mary's Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong
CollaboratorOTHER
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
CollaboratorOTHER
Korea University Guro Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Korea University Anam Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center
CollaboratorOTHER
National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Seoul National University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Samsung Medical Center
CollaboratorOTHER
Soonchunhyang University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Ajou University
CollaboratorOTHER
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Severance Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Asan Medical Center
CollaboratorOTHER
Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Inje University
CollaboratorOTHER
CHA University
CollaboratorOTHER
Kyungpook National University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Hallym University Medical Center
CollaboratorOTHER
Hanyang University
CollaboratorOTHER
National Cancer Center, Korea
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Women who are surgically candidate for myomectomy * Age \> 20 years

Exclusion criteria

* Contraindications for laparoscopic surgery and/or general anesthesia. * Greater than five fibroids sized of 3cm or more * Uterus extending beyond the umbilicus * Major medical comorbidity or psychiatric illness, which could affect follow-up and/or compliance * Patients undergoing concomitant complex surgical procedures at the time of myomectomy (such as resection of severe endometriosis etc.) * Pregnancy * Patients with any suggestion of malignancy in the pelvis * Patients with cooperation of another main surgical procedures such as severe adhesiolysis or low anterior resection * Patients who are severely anemic or who have significant medical conditions such as cardiac or pulmonary disease * Patients who refuse to participate or give consent to the procedures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Technical feasibilities and postoperative morbidity after E-NOTES for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional SuturesPostoperative surveillance including pain evaluation as routine clinical practise for 1 monthsTechnical feasibility and postoperative morbidity will be evaluated in terms of overall or institutional conversion rate to convetional multi-port laparoscopy or laparotomy, operation time for each surgical procedures: dissection, morecellation, suturing, and total surgical procedures, complication, change of hemoglobin, and estimated blood loss

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Postoperative pain after E-NOTES for Myomectomy with Traction of Multidirectional Sutures by clinical variables such as incision size, type of port, size and number of myoma, or operation time.Preoperative and postoperative painVisual analogue scale will be used for pain evaluation: preoperative, postoperative 24 hour, postoperative 48 hour, postoperative 10 day (7 to 10 day), and postoperative 28 day (21 to 35 day).

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

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