Is obstructed defecation the cause for diverticular disease? Investigation of clinical and proctological findings in patients with diverticular disease.
- Conditions
- K57Diverticular disease of intestine
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005612
- Lead Sponsor
- Abteilung Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, KoloproktologieSt. Barbara-Klinik Hamm
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Disease criteria:
Confirmed diverticulosis of the colon irrespective of whether the presentation is due to acute inflammation or not.
The diagnosis of diverticulosis of the colon is based on colonic contrast enema, CT, colonoscopy. The diagnosis is considered as confirmed if diverticulosis is poistively detected by any one of the mentioned investigations, i.e. patients do not have to undergo all the investigations.
In cases of diverticulitis the disease activity is classified according to Hinchey and to Hansen/Stock.
Patient criteria:
- informed consent to undergo an extensive coloproctological workup
- age 18 and older
- unableness to give informed consent to the study
- age younger than 18 years
- poor general or health condition and/or old age prohibiting exposure to a thorough coloproctological workup
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rate of obstructed-defecation associated manifestations in history, symptomatology, and morphology in patients with proven diverticulosis of the colon.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rate of patients who have a previous diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrom, funtional dyspepsia or similar functional disorders among patients with proven divertcular disease of the colon.<br>Correlation of subjektive symptoms of obstruction with objective morphology in patients wiith confirmed features of obstructed defecation.