Low-pressure keyhole surgery compared with standard keyhole surgery for weight loss
Compares a gentler low-pressure keyhole method with standard keyhole surgery in adults with severe obesity.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Low Impact Laparoscopy In Bariatric Surgery
Key facts
- Where
- Rome, ItalySee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Source: NCT07119437, who can take part
Where in Italy
- Policlinico Campus Bio-MedicoRome, ItalyTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico
- Trial code
- NCT07119437
- Record updated
- 18 June 2026
- Original description
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if low pressure pneumoperitoneum and small incisions (low impact laparoscopy, LIL) works to reduce pain and improve pulmonary function in patients underwent to bariatric surgery.Read full original descriptionShow less
Low Impact Laparoscopy In Bariatric Surgery- A Monocentric Randomised Trial Comparing Low-Pressure Pneumoperitoneum Plus Microsurgery Versus Standard Laparoscopy
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if low pressure pneumoperitoneum and small incisions (low impact laparoscopy, LIL) works to reduce pain and improve pulmonary function in patients underwent to bariatric surgery.
It will also learn about the safety and patients' satisfaction of the procedure. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does LIL lower post surgical pain and improve pulmonary function? Is LIL safe for obese patients? Researchers will compare LIL to standard laparoscopy performing sleeve gastrectomy in patients with obesity.
Participants will:
be randomised to LIL group or standard laparoscopy. After the operation the researchers will evaluate the pain and the efficiency of lung ventilation at pre-established intervals. after 3 months the patients will complete a questionnaire on aesthetic satisfaction and overall satisfaction.
Inclusion: Age between 18 years-old and 65 years-old; BMI (Body Mass Index) >35 Kg/m2 and < 45 Kg/m2; Patients candidate to sleeve gastrectomy.
Exclusion: Patients with neurological and/or psychiatric disorders; Patients with Chronic Pain Syndrome; Patients with a history of surgical procedures using a laparotomic approach in the upper abdominal quadrants.