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Will Cleaning the Bowel With an Enema Before Vaginal Prolapse Surgery Prevent Complications?

NCT00981539 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 310

Last updated 2009-09-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Traditionally, many gynecologic surgeons have asked patients to perform a cleansing enema the night before a vaginal surgery done to repair pelvic organ prolapse (dropped bladder, dropped uterus). The belief is that there is then less or no stool present at the vaginal incision and less chance of infection of the wound by bowel bacteria. However, not all surgeons follow this practice. There is no evidence in the medical literature if one way is better than the other. In this study, patients scheduled for vaginal surgery to correct prolapse will be randomly assigned to perform an enema or not to perform an enema.

Conditions

  • Colon Cleansing

Interventions

PROCEDURE

enema

pre operative rectal enema one adult bottle to be used rectally the night before surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Illinois Urogynecology, Ltd.

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2010-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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