Status:

COMPLETED

Clinical Impacts of Oral Gastrografin Follow Through in Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO)

Lead Sponsor:

Mansoura University

Conditions:

Small Bowel Obstruction

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Mini abstract : Altogether 100 patients with 117 episodes of ASBO were randomized into control and gastrografin groups. Eight episodes in eight patients were excluded. Gastrografin group showed a sig...

Detailed Description

Abstract Background: Many published studies have shown that Gastrografin can be used for diagnosis post operative acute small bowel obstruction (ASBO) and assessing the need for surgical interventio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients admitted to our surgical department by postoperative SBO were considered for inclusion in this trial.

Exclusion

  • Age less than 18 years
  • Large bowel obstruction
  • Recent (within 4 weeks) abdominal surgery
  • Ileus
  • Cancer peritonitis
  • Peritonitis
  • Strangulation symptoms and signs
  • Obstructed abdominal wall or groin hernia
  • Subtotal or total colectomy
  • All patients in whom the final diagnosis was not SBO

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00738855

Start Date

February 1 2006

End Date

January 1 2008

Last Update

November 26 2008

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Mansoura University Hospital

Al Mansurah, Egypt