Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03486691
Preoperative Ultrasound as a Predictor for Difficulty in Bariatric Surgery
Preoperative Ultrasonographic Liver Size as a Predictor for Difficulty in Bariatric Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Minia University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
the left lobe of the liver in obese patient usually fatty and enlarged and may cause difficulty during bariatric surgery. the aim of this study is to test the impact of routine preoperative ultrasound to evaluate the size of left lobe of the liver as a preoperative predictor for difficulty
Detailed description
the left lobe of the liver in obese patient usually fatty and enlarged and may cause difficulty during bariatric surgery. the aim of this study is to test the impact of routine preoperative ultrasound to evaluate the size of left lobe of the liver as a preoperative predictor for difficulty. two equal groups of patients are operated by laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with loop bipartition, in one group routine abdominal ultrasound is done, in the other group ultrasound not routinely done.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Routine measurement of left lobe | Routine preoperative measurement of left lobe |
| OTHER | control group | no routine preoperative measurement of left lobe |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-08-10
- Completion
- 2018-08-10
- First posted
- 2018-04-03
- Last updated
- 2018-08-16
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
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