Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04536818
Outcomes After Laparotomy for Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
Outcomes After Laparotomy for Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: A Cohort Study From a Tertiary Trauma Hospital in South Africa
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 196 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate outcomes of adult patients hospitalised due to penetrating abdominal trauma at a tertiary trauma hospital in South Africa. Our primary objective is to study the association between waiting time to surgery and outcome (mortality, complications, and length of hospital stay) in normotensive patients treated with laparotomy for penetrating abdominal trauma.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Laparotomy | Exploratory laparotomy. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-09-30
- Completion
- 2019-09-30
- First posted
- 2020-09-03
- Last updated
- 2020-09-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: South Africa
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04536818. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.