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Effect of Postoperative Girdle Following Abdominal Surgery on Pulmonary Function, Mobilisation and Postoperative Pain

NCT01517217 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2012-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There is a considerable lack of knowledge in everyday surgical practice concerning treatment with a corset after laparotomy, in surgery for incisional hernia or as conservative treatment.

The aims are to elucidate effects of corset treatment on patient experience and pain, physiology and abdominal wall strength.

Effects of corset treatment after laparotomy will be studied in a randomised trial with the hypothesis that postoperative corset-use improves respiratory physiology and reduce pain. The primary end-point is PeakCoughFlow change, secondary end-points are vital capacity, residual volumes and patient perception as measured by the ventral hernia pain questionnaire (VHPQ) developed by our group. This study is powered for 50 patients.

Conclusions from the study are of such a nature that they can be immediately transferred to clinical practice.

Conditions

  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Respiratory Depression

Interventions

PROCEDURE

No girdle

No girdle is used for the first five postoperative days

PROCEDURE

Girdle

Girdle the first five postoperative days

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Karin Strigård, ass prof · Karolinska Institutet

  • Leonard Clay, Dr · Karolinska Institutet

  • Ulf Gunnarsson, Prof · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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