Surgical therapy of second- or third-degree rectal prolapse using either the Altemeier or the Transtar technique: a randomised trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- K62.1Rectal polyp
- Registration Number
- DRKS00010791
- Lead Sponsor
- Helios St.Elisabeth Klinik Oberhausen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting stopped after recruiting started
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1
Inclusion Criteria
Indication for elective surgery due to second- or third-degree rectal prolapse;
age =18 Jahre
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnancy;
planned simulatenous surgery;
non-elective surgery;
severe comorbidity with one-year life expectancy <75%;
missing written informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endoint is quality of life as measured with the PAC-QoL questionnaire (Patient Assessment of Constipation-Quality of Life). Using analysis of variance (ANOVA) for repeated measures, the primary hypothesis compares pre- and postoperative PAC-QoL summary scores after 0, 1, 6 and 12 months.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ength of resected specimen; duration of surgery; complications; length of hospital stay; reoperation rate; time until return to normal activity; pain (in rest and during defecation)