NCT01899209

Surgical Treatment of Obstructed Defecation Syndrome

Obstructed Defecation Caused by Rectal Intussusception and Rectocele:STARR Versus Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Obstructed Defecation is a profoundly disabling condition. Many different surgical procedures has been introduced to treat patients affected by this disease. The most used are STARR and ventral rectopexy. Because of the heterogenity of studies and overall the lack of comparison trials, there is no accepted standard surgical treatment.PRO-REST aimed to compare these two procedures (STARR and Ventral Rectopexy) evaluating functional and anatomical results.

Conditions

• Sensation of Inadequate Defecation
• Rectal Prolapse
• Rectocele

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	STARR
PROCEDURE	Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2013-07-15
• Last updated: 2014-06-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy