NCT07176715

Same-Day Colectomy: is it Safe for Patients?

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Arizona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a prospective cohort study of outcomes of patients undergoing outpatient colorectal surgery at a single institution to study outpatient colectomy as a viable treatment option for a select group of patients requiring colon and rectal surgery.

Conditions

• Colorectal
• Colectomy
• Colectomy Left/Right/Total Under Laparotomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Same-Day Colectomy	study, they will undergo extensive education during their preoperative visit. Perioperative education includes management of perioperative medications, bowel prep and perioperative antibiotics. Perioperative education will include that of the patient and their designated caregiver. Perioperative nursing staff will go over postoperative discharge instructions again. A custom discharge instruction sheet will be made and given to all patients upon discharge. On days 1 and 3 postoperatively, patients will receive a phone call or virtual visit from a member of the research team. Questions will be asked of patients based on a script made. Patients will then be seen in the clinic between postoperative day 5-7. Patients' medical record will be followed for six months postoperatively to track emergency department visits, readmissions, and postoperative complications. Postoperative complications will include surgical site infection, deep surgical infection, bleeding requiring transfusion, ana

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-09-15
• Primary completion: 2029-09-01
• Completion: 2030-09-01
• First posted: 2025-09-16
• Last updated: 2025-09-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States