Whipple Procedure: A 5-year Clinical Experience in Tertiary Care Center

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Whipple Procedure

• Registration Number: NCT03820583
• Lead Sponsor: Services Hospital, Lahore

Brief Summary

The study was conducted in tertiary care hospital of Lahore. Patient undergoing Whipple procedure were studied by compiling demographic details of the patients, common presenting symptoms, various indications for Whipple's procedure, the cofactors which affect the procedures outcome and morbidity and mortality of the patients.

Detailed Description

This study was performed by collecting data through predesigned questionnaire about patients undergoing Whipple's procedure from operation theatres and medical record section. Those patients, whose tumor was unresectable and undergone palliative surgical procedures were excluded from the study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-31
• Study Completion: 2018-12-31
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Study First Submitted: 2019-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2019-01-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-29
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 57

Inclusion Criteria

• patients of both sexes with age ranging from 20 years to 70 years
• patients with pancreatic tumors
• patients with adequate cardiorespiratory reserves to be fit for prolong general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

• unresectable tumors
• unfit for surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of patients developing wound infection	4 weeks	Percentage of patients developing wound infection after Whipple procedure
Percentage of patients developing pancreatic fistula	4 weeks	Percentage of patients developing pancreatic fistula (pancreatic juice collected in drain rich in amylase) after Whipple procedure Enteric leak postoperative complications like pancreatic fistula, anastomotic leakage, hemorrhage, wound infection,mortality
Mortality rate	6 weeks	Mortality of patients undergoing Whipple surgery
Percentage of patients developing hemorrhage	2 weeks	Percentage of patients developing hemorrhage after Whipple procedure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Services hospital; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan