Postoperative ileus following emergency surgical treatment of acute intestinal obstruction: a case-control study of possible predictors and effects on postoperative recovery
- Conditions
- K91.3Postoperative intestinal obstruction
- Registration Number
- DRKS00034851
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Thorax- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 466
Inclusion Criteria
intraoperative confirmation of a complete mechanical obstruction of the bowel lumen
Exclusion Criteria
- patients for whom the suspicion of mechanical bowel obstruction was not confirmed intraoperatively
- chronic bowel adhesions leading to to incomplete stenosis of the bowel, treated by electively scheduled adhesiolysis
- unavailable data regarding postoperative bowel function
- patients receiving non-surgical interventions, such as endoscopic stent placement or percutaneous gastrostomy, as a palliative relief for the intestinal obstruction.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method