Application of Tachosil During Lymphadenectomy

Summary

The prevention of lymphoceles was assessed using collagen patch coated with the human coagulation factors (TachoSil, Nycomed International Management GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland; NCT Number ICMJE NCT01192022; Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE TC-2402-040-SP; U1111-1130-9121 Registry Identifier: WHO) on 50 consecutive patients with endometrial and cervical cancer stages IB to II who had undergone open hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy (PL). Methods: Each patient was simultaneously randomized in two groups: as a control (side without Tachosil applied) and study group (side with Tachosil applied). All surgical parameters were collected and patients underwent ultrasound examination on postoperative days 1, 6, and 30, and at the end of treatment.

Timeline

Start

2013-11-29

Primary completion

2014-12-31

Completion

2017-12-31

Publications

• Results Tinelli A, Giorda G, Manca C, Pellegrino M, Prudenzano R, Guido M, Dell'Edera D, Malvasi A. Prevention of lymphocele in female pelvic lymphadenectomy by a collagen patch coated with the human coagulation factors: a pilot study. J Surg Oncol. 2012 Jun 15;105(8):835-40. doi: 10.1002/jso.22110. Epub 2011 Oct 10.
• Results Tinelli A, Mynbaev OA, Tsin DA, Giorda G, Malvasi A, Guido M, Nezhat FR. Lymphocele prevention after pelvic laparoscopic lymphadenectomy by a collagen patch coated with human coagulation factors: a matched case-control study. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2013 Jun;23(5):956-63. doi: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31828eeea4.

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