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Disposable Energy Sources and Operating Room Time for Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating disposable device (Ligasure, Covidien) and Reusable device for Benign Uterine Disease. Completed, enrolled 52 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Over 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year nationwide. Over 99% of these are accomplished laparoscopically in the investigators current surgical practice to allow women a quicker recovery than a traditional large incision. Disposable laparoscopic devices have been developed to assist in the completion of hysterectomies. These disposable energy sources are only used once, but offer an improved safety and energy profile in that they reliably control bleeding with little damage to surrounding tissue and potentially save time. Reusable energy instruments can be sterilized and reused for multiple cases. Operating room time is expensive. The investigators calculate that if 6.7 minutes of time can be saved using the disposable device, Ligasure (Covidien), versus the reusable Robi bipolar and Storz Laparoscopic Shears, the time savings could justify the cost of the device.
Study Details
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Interventions
One side of the uterine attachments would be transected using the disposable device (Ligasure, Covidien). . We will randomize the side for each energy source used on each side for every case. The number of "sides" performed by the attending surgeon will equal that of the less experienced resident surgeon.
One side of the uterine attachments would be transected using the reusable Robi bipolar and Storz laparoscopic