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

Completed

• Conditions: rological and Genital Diseases: Rectocoele; Urological and Genital Diseases; Rectocoele

• Registration Number: ISRCTN58192664
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 62

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified