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Rehabilitation Following Laparoscopic Colonic Surgery

NCT00938210 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2012-08-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The standard procedure for treating colonic cancer is changing from open surgery to laparoscopic surgery. Following open colonic surgery patients are fatigued and loss body mass and have a reduction in physical function, but the investigators do not know if this is also the case following laparoscopic surgery.

This study examines how fatigue, quality of life, physical function, and body composition changes following laparoscopic colonic surgery.

Patients are examined preoperatively and postoperative day 10 and 30.

Conditions

  • Colonic Cancer
  • Postoperative Care
  • Fatigue

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic colonic surgery

Laparoscopic removal of colonic cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aarhus University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martin B Jensen, MD, Ph.d. · Research Unit for General Practice in the North Denmark Region, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University

  • Søren Laurberg, Professor · Department of Surgery P, Aarhus University Hosptial

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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