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WITHDRAWNNANCT00778947

Single Centre Study to Compare Harmonic Scalpel to Conventional Diathermy in Free Tissue Transfer Breast Reconstruction

The purpose of this single centre study is to evaluate whether the use of Harmonic Synergy Dissecting Hook (Harmonic Scalpel) in breast reconstruction surgery is superior to conventional diathermy in ...

Lead sponsor: St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Lead Sponsor

St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery

Age

18 - 80 years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•1. Female patients aged between 18 and 80 years old
•2. Able to comprehend, follow, and provide written informed consent.
•3. Willingness to comply with study requirements including follow-up visits

Exclusion Criteria

•1. Patients who have a pacemaker
•2. Pregnant or breast feeding females.
•3. General contraindication for surgery as deemed by the PI (e.g. physically unfit)
•4. Patients who smoke
•5. Diabetic patients
•6. Patients who are receiving permanent analgesics
•7. Patients receiving anti-coagulation therapy.
•8. Patients with a physical or psychological condition which would impair participation in the study.
•9. Participation in any other device or drug study within 90 days prior to enrollment.
•10. Planned participation in any other medical device study during the timeframe of this study.

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: May 17, 2016Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusWITHDRAWN

PhaseNA

Enrollment—

Start dateNov 2008

Last updatedMay 17, 2016

Condition

Breast Reconstruction

Locations shown

St. Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital,

Chelmsford

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Data Source & Attribution

This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: May 17, 2016Data synced to Clareo: May 3, 2026

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