Gallstone, Pain, Postoperative
Conditions
Brief summary
This study compare outcomes (i.e. pain, wound infection, and patient satisfaction) between infra-umbilical vs. trans-umbilical incision after Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Detailed description
Infra-umbilical wound have been used for a while with aim at improving cosmoses of the incision. Formerly, standard incision for laparoscopic cholecystectomy was infra-umbilical wound. However, no study directly compare these types of incisions in term of postoperative pain, wound infection, and patient satisfaction.
Interventions
PROCEDUREtransumbilical incision
incision within umbilicus
PROCEDUREInfra umbilical incision
incision about 1 cm below umbilicus
Sponsors
Thammasat University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy * willing to participate
Exclusion criteria
* pregnancy * immunocompromised host * on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis * morbid obesity (Body mass index \> 35 kg/m2) * End-stage renal disease with hemodialysis dependent * ascites * uncontrolled coagulopathy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Postoperative pain | 7 days postoperatively | visual analog scale (0-10) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| wound infection | at 1 week and 1 month postoperatively | yes or no according to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) criteria |
| patient satisfaction | 1 week and 3 months postoperatively | Visual analog scale (0-10) |
Countries
Thailand
Outcome results
None listed