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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN58192664
ISRCTN58192664
Completed
Not Applicable

A randomised controlled trial of trans-anal versus trans-vaginal repair for symptomatic anterior rectocoele

Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health0 sites62 target enrollmentSeptember 29, 2006

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
Enrollment
62
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 29, 2006
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Female

Investigators

Sponsor
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Research participants will be recruited from the outpatient clinic once they have been identified by preoperative investigation to be suitable for surgical repair of their rectocoele.
  • 1\. The presence of excessive straining, incomplete evacuation
  • 2\. The requirement for perineal/vaginal digital pressure during defecation
  • 3\. Vaginal bulging and constipation, due to a rectocoele as proven on defaecography, in the presence of a normal large bowel.
  • These are standard indications for rectocoele repair.
  • 62 patients will be recruited in to the study from the department of Colorectal Surgery and Gynaecology, 31 patients will be in each arm.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients with a slow transit colon or sphincter defects as these patients have been shown not to benefit from rectocoele repair.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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