Rings, weddingbands and perioperative swelling of fingers
- Conditions
- Information about diseases is described in the section 'inclusion criteria'.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24104
- Lead Sponsor
- one
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
1.Adult patients (19 years and older) planned for elective surgery which is not expected to influence the circumference of these fingers directly. E.g. no surgery of the shoulder, axilla, arm, hand or fingers, and no surgery which can be expected to affect the lymph drainage or blood vessels of these areas.
2.Patients can be assigned to one of these groups:
a.Surgical procedures in the supine position
i. Major non-cardiac surgery, such as colectomy, liver surgery, abdominal aortic surgery, Wertheim, radical prostatectomy, oesophagus resection, large hip surgery, etc.
ii.Cardiac surgery in which a heart-lung-machine was used
iii.Non-major surgery requiring at least a 24-hour postoperative stay in the hospital, e.g. jaw, plastic, ENT, gynaecological surgery.
iv.Non-major surgery in day care setting (patients do not stay a night in het hospital) (e.g. lumpectomy, cochlear implant)
v.Surgery below the umbilicus, performed under locoregional anaesthesia (no general anaesthesia/positive pressure ventilation).
b.Surgical procedures in the prone position
3.The patients should have no deformities, trauma or previous surgery which might prevent a reliable measurement of the fingers or the circumference of the fingers.
4.Patients should at least have one digit 3 or 4 on each hand.
5.Patients don’t suffer from infections, sepsis, kidney failure, they have no allergic reactions, are not pregnant, have no derangements of their cortisol metabolism.
6.Patients should not have an intravenous catheter for longer than one hour before the first preoperative measurement
when no postoperative data on finger circumference can be obtained.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in circumference of digits 3 and 4 of both hands.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method