axatives postoperative colorectal surgery.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Colorectal pathology, laxatives, colorectal surgery, postoperative ileus
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26932
- Lead Sponsor
- Atrium Medisch Centrum Parkstad
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 215
Inclusion Criteria
Patients planned for elective colorectal surgery will be included regardless of age, underlying pathology or co-morbidity. Procedures to be performed include right hemicolectomy, transversectomy, left-hemicolectomy, sigmoid resection, low anterior resection, polypectomy, abdominoperineal resection, and laparoscopic right or left hemicolectomy.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Age <18 years;
2. Emergency procedures;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to gastrointestinal recovery, defined as time to first flatus or first defecation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Appreciation of the laxatives being used, overall hospital stay and incidence of postoperative complications (anastomotic leakage, wound infection, intra-abdominal abscess).