# Monopolar Electrosurgery Versus Ultrasound Scissors in Thoracoscopic Ventral Spondylodesis

> **NCT00941213** · PHASE4 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **University of Cologne** · enrollment: 40 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Fractures of Vertebral Bodies

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** ultrasound scissors - Harmonic ACE
- **DEVICE:** electroscalpel (Erbe Vio 300; Aesculap AG)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00941213
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Cologne
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2009-12
- **Primary completion:** 2011-08
- **Final completion:** 2011-08
- **Target enrollment:** 40 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2010-06-25

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00941213

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00941213, "Monopolar Electrosurgery Versus Ultrasound Scissors in Thoracoscopic Ventral Spondylodesis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00941213. Licensed CC0.

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