NCT01861379

The Role of Ghost Ileostomy in Laparoscopic Rectal Resection

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 107 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Roma La Sapienza · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate if the Ghost Ileostomy is really advantageous in laparoscopy we conducted a prospective randomized controlled study comparing 2 groups of patients undergoing anterior resection of the rectum laparoscopically. In the first group of patients at the end of the procedure was always performed a Ghost Ileostomy while in the second group no protective stoma was built at the end of the intervention.

Conditions

• Colo-rectal Anastomosis Dehiscence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ghost Ileostomy	At the end of Laparoscopic Anterior Rectal Resection, once the colorectal anastomosis was performed, the terminal ileum was identified and a window in the mesentery was created to pass a rubber tube (we usually use an urinary catheter) around the intestinal loop. The tube was subsequently exteriorized trough the trocar incision in the right flank.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-01-01
• Completion: 2013-01-01
• First posted: 2013-05-23
• Last updated: 2016-11-22