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DRKS00014059CompletedNot Applicable

The influence of the intestinal microbiome on the development of postoperative complications after elective colon surgery - a prospective cohort study

niversitätsklinikum FreiburgInstitut für Umweltmedizin und KrankenhaushygieneUni-Zentrum Naturheilkunde0 sites127 target enrollmentStarted: February 21, 2018Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
127

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to one (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Conservative and elective surgery, colon surgery (left hemicolectomy, right hemicolectomy, sigmoid resection, deep anterior rectal resection, continuity restoration), maintenance of continuity (physiological bowel transit with regular defecation is possible), no antibiotic or probiotic therapy at least four weeks prior to surgery, no long term therapy with opiates, no permanent use of antiemetics or intestinal stimulants (the single use of a laxative, for example, to prepare for a colonoscopy is not an exclusion criterion)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Emergency surgery, creation of a terminal or protective anus praeter, no physiological nutritional passage (from oral to anal) possible, antibiotic pretreatment must have been completed at least four weeks prior to surgery, inability to pass stool sample, inability to complete a questionnaire, lack of compliance and participation carrying out the study, unresponsive

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum FreiburgInstitut für Umweltmedizin und KrankenhaushygieneUni-Zentrum Naturheilkunde

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