NCT00549237

Perioperative Nutrition in Gastric Bypass Surgery

Perioperative Nutrition in Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the influence of peri-operative nutrition on the preservation of lean body mass after gastric bypass, as well as it's influence on postoperative complications.

Detailed description

Outcome measures: * Lean body mass * Length of hospital stay * Weight loss * Postoperative complications * Cost

Conditions

• Postoperative Complications
• Gastric Bypass

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Glucose load (Nutricia)	Pre-operative glucose load: 800 ml of PreOp (Nutricia) 12 h before surgery; 400 ml of PreOp (Nutricia) 2 hours before surgery
OTHER	Post operative early enteral feeding	Enteral feeding starting 6 hours post surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2007-10-25
• Last updated: 2013-09-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland