Status:

COMPLETED

Quality of Life After Routine Nasogastric Decompression After Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Wakayama Medical University

Conditions:

Gastric Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-80 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether distal gastrectomy without post-operative nasogastric decompression tube is better in terms of quality of life.

Detailed Description

Nasogastric decompression tube is an intra-operative routine in most of the time to facilitate exposure of operative field during elective distal gastrectomy, however, whether it should be retained po...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • on the basis of whether distal gastrectomy was anticipated at WMUH for gastric cancer.

Exclusion

  • patients who were diagnosed inadequacy for this study by a physician.
  • patients without an informed consent.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

180 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00738478

Start Date

February 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2008

Last Update

February 18 2009

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Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University

Wakayama, Japan, 641-8510