# Tissue Removal During Hysterectomy: The Effect of Vaginal Versus Abdominal Morcellation on Surgical Outcomes

> **NCT02703246** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **George Washington University**

## Conditions studied

- Fibroids

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** abdominal morcellation
- **PROCEDURE:** vaginal morcellation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02703246
- **Lead sponsor:** George Washington University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2016-01
- **Primary completion:** 2023-05
- **Final completion:** 2023-05
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** investigator left the institution- no plan on having another PI take over
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02703246

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02703246, "Tissue Removal During Hysterectomy: The Effect of Vaginal Versus Abdominal Morcellation on Surgical Outcomes". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02703246. Licensed CC0.

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