# Harmonic™ vs. Electrocautery in Abdominoplasties

> **NCT00506740** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Ethicon Endo-Surgery** · enrollment: 70 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Skin and Fat Redundancy and Muscle Diastases

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Ultrasonic scalpel
- **DEVICE:** monopolar electrosurgery generator and tip

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00506740
- **Lead sponsor:** Ethicon Endo-Surgery
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-10
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2007-06
- **Target enrollment:** 70 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-08-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00506740

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00506740, "Harmonic™ vs. Electrocautery in Abdominoplasties". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00506740. Licensed CC0.

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