Rectal Cancer Trial On Defunctioning Stoma

NCT00636948 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 234

Last updated 2008-03-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The hypothesis of the present trial was that the use of a defunctioning loop stoma reduces the rate of symptomatic anastomotic leakage from 15% to 7.5% after low anterior resection of the rectum for cancer.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rectal Cancer Trial on Defunctioning Stoma Study Group

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rune Sjödahl, MD, PhD · Department of Surgery, Linköping University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-12-31
Primary Completion
2005-06-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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