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Filter by:This study will evaluate the effectiveness of ketamine infusions in the management of acute pain following open or laparoscopic colorectal surgery cases. Half of patients will receive the institutional standard of care and a placebo infusion (no active medication). The other half of patients will receive the institutional standard of care and a ketamine infusion. All subjects and staff will be blinded as to whether they are receiving placebo or ketamine.
The purpose of this study is to assess the post-operative recovery quality of the Individualized Pneumoperitoneum Pressure Therapy in Colorectal laparoscopic surgery versus standard therapy using a quality validated scale of postoperative recovery of their stay in the Post-Anaesthesia Recovery Unit.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combined cardiorespiratory and strengthening training prior to colorectal surgery decreases the rate of surgery-related complications.
This will be a prospective randomized control trial with a total of 142 patients. Patients who undergo laparoscopic or open colorectal resection, small bowel resection, or ileostomy reversal with small bowel resection that subsequently develop postoperative ileus will be eligible for enrollment. If they meet inclusion/exclusion criteria, they will be randomized at the time of diagnosis of postoperative ileus to receive Entereg as rescue therapy or to receive conservative standard care. Patients randomized to the Entereg group will be given 12mg of Entereg two times daily from the time of randomization until the return of bowel function or 5 days. Both groups will be treated with conservative standard care, including bowel rest, reduction in oral diet, and placement of nasogastric tube as clinically indicated. All patients will follow a standard ERAS pathway after surgery, with early feeding and ambulation, along with opioid minimizing measures as is our standard postoperative protocol. Primary outcome will be hospital length of stay. Secondary outcomes will include time to return of bowel function, 30-day morbidity/mortality, complications, reoperation and readmission. Total number of patients: 142 Patients in each study group: 71
Enchanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols aim to provide safer and quicker recovery postoperatively. One of the elements in ERAS protocols is that bowel is not prepared before colorectal surgery. However, several recent retrospective register studies have suggested that mechanical bowel preparation combined to oral antibiotics before colectomy reduces complications compared to no preparation at all. This trial compares these two strategies to find out whether complications can indeed be reduced by mechanically preparing the bowel with oral antibiotics.
Short-term post-operative complications after colon and rectal surgery present a known major clinical and financial burden for patients and hospitals. Focused efforts to reduce readmissions after colorectal surgery is one potentially high-yield and broad approach to address this problem since post- operative complications are the strongest predictor of readmissions. We focus on decreasing readmissions after ileostomy surgery by using a previously published intervention that prevents dehydration in the outpatient setting and decreases acute renal failure complications. We plan to introduce the SWIFT post op program for ileostomy patients at one academic and two community hospitals which are part of a single health care system, and to then randomize patients to usual care in the setting of this new program versus an aggressive compliance surveillance and improvement strategy (CSIS) strategy using study personnel. Our primary study outcome is all-cause 30-day readmission, and our secondary outcomes include patient satisfaction (CAHPS scores) and a cost-benefit analysis. We seek to create a partnership between colorectal surgeons, inpatient nurse managers and wound ostomy continence nurses (WOCN) at the three sites, linking them with outpatient nurse practitioners and physician's assistants at the respective colorectal surgery clinics who facilitate care-transition after hospital discharge.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of the Neuroestimulation of the Posterior Tibial Nerve for the treatment of this syndrome. A multicentric, prospective, randomized study will be performed in patients affected with severe LARS symptoms. Patients will be randomized in two groups: 1. Control group- placebo 2. Treatment group: neuroestimulation of the posterior tibial nerve
This study entitled, An Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of the CleanCision Wound Retraction and Protection System in Protecting Surgical Incisions from Intraoperative Contamination When Used during Colorectal Surgery, is designed to evaluate contamination at the wound incision site when the CleanCision is used during surgery.
To determine safe concentration level of lidocaine infusion in children.
A comparison of skin closure techniques (standard skin closure with staples versus a continuous (subcuticular) absorbable suture), to determine if this changes the rate of post operative wound infections in elective colorectal surgery patients.