# Single Centre Study to Compare Harmonic Scalpel to Conventional Diathermy in Free Tissue Transfer Breast Reconstruction

> **NCT00778947** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery**

## Conditions studied

- Breast Reconstruction

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Harmonic Synergy Dissecting Hook (Harmonic Scalpel)
- **PROCEDURE:** Electrocautery Diathermy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00778947
- **Lead sponsor:** St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2008-11
- **Primary completion:** 2009-09
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Study abandoned and was never started
- **Last updated:** 2016-05-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00778947

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00778947, "Single Centre Study to Compare Harmonic Scalpel to Conventional Diathermy in Free Tissue Transfer Breast Reconstruction". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00778947. Licensed CC0.

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