NCT05602987

Comparison Study of the Effect of Enema in Anal Surgery

The Effect of Enema on Postoperative Recovery and Complications in Anal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 282 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate whether receiving enema before anal surgery or not affects the postoperative recovery and complications.

Detailed description

For patients undergoing anal surgery, some of them receive enema as doctors' preference before the surgery in consider to lower postoperative complications e.g. infection, while others do not. These choices are often determined by surgeons' personal preference according to their experiences due to lack of evidence from researches. Hemorrhoidectomy and fistulotomy are the most common two types of surgery in colon and rectal surgery division in Shuang Ho hospital, where top three quantities of hemorrhoidectomy in Taiwn have been performed.Therefore, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the benefits of enema before anal surgery and possible waste of medical resources.

Conditions

• Hemorrhoids
• Fistula

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	enema	receiving enema at the night before anal surgery
PROCEDURE	no enema	no enema before anal surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-14
• Primary completion: 2023-09-10
• Completion: 2023-10-31
• First posted: 2022-11-02
• Last updated: 2023-11-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan