NCT02774447

Day-Case Closure of Loop Ileostomy in Rectal Cancer

Day-Case Closure of Ileostomy: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uppsala University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate if day-case closure of ileostomy is feasible and safe.

Detailed description

For all patients that match the inclusion criteria a registration-protocol is completed. Then the patients are operated and a surgery-protocol is completed. The patients are observed for maximum 24 h and discharged if they meet the discharge-criteria. 30 days post-operative the investigators do a follow-up of complications.

Conditions

• Ileostomy Closure in Rectal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	ileostoma closure	The operation procedure is standardized as described above (see group description).The patients will be observed for 23 hours, and if there are no contraindications according to described criteria the patient can be discharged form the hospital, however all patients will have follow-up telephone contact on a daily basis with a nurse for the first week. Patients will meet the surgeon 3 days after discharge and after 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-01
• Primary completion: 2020-03-01
• Completion: 2020-03-01
• First posted: 2016-05-17
• Last updated: 2020-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden