The visceral-to-subcutaneous fat area ratio was associated with severe abdominal adhesions in patients with small intestinal fistula

Completed

• Conditions: Patients who underwent definitive surgery for small intestinal fistula; Body composition; Surgery; Outcomes; Tissue adhesions; Digestive system fistula

• Registration Number: TCTR20230527001
• Lead Sponsor: Jinling Hospital

Brief Summary

VFA/ SFA was associated with severe abdominal adhesions . After the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the cutoff point of VFA / SFA of 1.01 had an optimal predictive value on serious adhesion.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2022-10-31
• Study Start: 2023-05-27
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 414

Inclusion Criteria

Patients who underwent DS for small intestinal fistula between January 2018 and October 2022 were investigated.

Exclusion Criteria

with enteroatmospheric fistula which artificially exacerbating the possibility of abdominal adhesions, or with incomplete medical records were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the association of VFA/SFA with abdominal adhesion to the definitive surgery abdominal adhesion was investigated according to the record of surgery. VFA/SFA was investigsated according to the CT using Image J (NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the association of VFA/SFA with abdominal adhesion in different genders to the definitive surgery abdominal adhesion was investigated according to the record of surgery. VFA/SFA was investigsated according to the CT using Image J (NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA)