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Intraoperative Measuring of Small Bowel Length Compared to Measuring by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Morbid Obese Patients

NCT00740662 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 7

Last updated 2012-12-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

An important step during a gastric bypass operation for the treatment of morbid obesity is the measuring of the small bowel length. At several reoperations we found a length increase of the lowest part of the small intestine of up to 80% compared to the measured length at the initial operation. On the one hand, this reflects a normal technical error of small bowel measuring due to the variable state of contraction of the bowel, but on the other hand, it could also be due to a compensatory increase in intestinal length after the operation. New protocols allow measuring of the small bowel length by MRI. Comparing the preoperative and later on several postoperative measurements by MRI with the initial intraoperative length measuring should allow to validate the new MRI protocol and in the same time quantify the eventual small bowel length increase. We plan to include 20 patients in this study.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Distal gastric bypass

Distal gastric bypass

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jean-Marc Heinicke, MD · Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Bern University Hospital

  • Philipp C Nett, Dr · DRNN, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-07-31
Completion
2010-07-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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