# Minimally Invasive Surgery: Using Natural Orfices

> **NCT00530998** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of California, San Diego** · enrollment: 120 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Appendicitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Gallstones

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Transvaginal Appendectomy
- **PROCEDURE:** Transvaginal Cholecystectomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00530998
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Diego
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-09
- **Primary completion:** 2019-09
- **Final completion:** 2019-09
- **Target enrollment:** 120 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-10


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00530998

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00530998, "Minimally Invasive Surgery: Using Natural Orfices". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00530998. Licensed CC0.

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