Prevention of Pelvic Lymphocele by Floseal During Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Gynecologic Cancer
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Unknown status
Trial end date:
2016-12-01
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Summary
Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) is an important step in the surgical staging and
treatment of gynecologic malignancies.
Sometimes, complicated lymphoceles after PLND often delay adjuvant treatment including
chemotherapy and radiation therapy, which potentially affects the success of cancer
treatment.
A number of surgical techniques have developed, but failed to reduce the incidence of pelvic
lymphoceles after PLND.
The investigators hypothesized that floseal can prevent lymphoceles in patients with
gynecologic cancer who has undergone PLND.
The investigators designed prospective randomized controlled study as a pilot study.
The investigators will randomly apply floseal to one side of pelvis after bilateral PLND, and
observe the occurence of pelvic lymphoceles after 6 months later.