Status:
RECRUITING
Impact of Early Postoperative Treatment With Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation on the Incidence and Duration of Low Anterior Rectal Resection Syndrome
Lead Sponsor:
Innovacion en Cirugía Vigo
Conditions:
Rectal Disorders
Low Anterior Resection Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The treatment of rectal cancer is currently based on surgical resection of the rectum with total excision of the mesorectum, associated with neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy. Surgical resections with sp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients undergoing elective surgery (scheduled, non-urgent) who underwent anterior rectal resection or transit reconstruction with low anastomosis (below 10 cm from the anal margin) at the Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro in Vigo after the start date of the study.
- Anastomotic tightness (absence of dehiscence).
- Patients older than 18 years old.
- Acceptance to participate in the study.
Exclusion
- Inability to understand the study instructions and recommendations.
- Dementia or any type of mental disability.
- Palliative surgery.
- Patients with pacemakers.
- Anti-coagulated patients.
- Patients with trophic lesions on the skin of the ankles.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 3 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 1 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
114 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05368168
Start Date
June 3 2022
End Date
January 1 2027
Last Update
July 6 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro
Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain, 36213