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Fast Track Management in Elective Open Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

NCT00615888 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2010-01-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Fast track programs have been introduced in many surgical fields to minimize postoperative morbidity and mortality. Morbidity after elective open infrarenal aneurysm repair is as high as 30%, mortality ranges up to 10%. In terms of open infrarenal aneurysm repair no randomized controlled trials exist to introduce and evaluate such patient care programs.

Conditions

  • Aortic Aneurysm

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Fast track patient management

no bowel washout, patient controlled epidural anesthesia, early enteral feeding

PROCEDURE

Traditional management

preoperative bowel washout, patient controlled analgesia, delayed start of enteral feeding

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Ulm

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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