Overview

Fluorescence Cholangiography During Cholecystectomy - a RCT

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-08-27
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The primary objective is to compare the success rates of intraoperative fluorescent cholangiography using indocyanine green versus conventional X-ray cholangiography for the identification of bile duct anatomy during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for complicated gallstone disease in a randomized design with 120 patients.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Hvidovre University Hospital
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient scheduled for planned laparoscopic cholecystectomy by one surgeon

- Complicated gallstone disease

Exclusion Criteria:

- Open cholecystectomy

- Allergy towards iodine, urografin or indocyanine green

- Liver or renal insufficiency

- Thyrotoxicosis

- Pregnancy or lactation

- Legally incompetent for any reason

- Withdrawal of inclusion consent at any time