Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Extensive Abdominal Lavage on Postoperative Inflammation Following Full Thickness Excision of Deep Endometriosis
Lead Sponsor:
KU Leuven
Conditions:
Endometriosis
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-50 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Surgical treatment of deep endometriosis with bowel involvement is widely accepted to require complete excision of all endometriosis also when invading the bowel. In case of opening of the bowel a sub...
Detailed Description
In a consecutive series 20 women with full thickness resection for deep endometriosis received randomly, at the end of the procedure, a standard abdominal rinsing (n=10) or extensive abdominal lavage ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The patients (aged 18-50 years) were all recruited from a single, tertiary referral hospital at Leuven University, Belgium, specializing in the surgical treatment of severe endometriosis.
- All the women were scheduled for a surgical excision of a rectovaginal nodule.
- Women with a full thickness involvement of the bowel requiring discoid resection were included.
Exclusion
- evidence on chest x-ray in the previous 3 months of old or currently active TB, even if adequately treated;
- evidence of serious infections (such as pneumonia or pyelonephritis) in the previous 3 months
- evidence of a documented HIV infection, active hepatitis-B or C, or an opportunistic infection (e.g. herpes zoster, cytomegalovirus, pneumocystis carinii, aspergillosis, histoplasmosis, or mycobacteria other than TB) in the previous 6 months
- Previous transplant surgery, a lymphoproliferative disorder or other malignancy
- Positive cervical cytology in the previous 6 months
- Any haematological or biochemical abnormalities on routine screening.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00930696
Start Date
May 1 2005
End Date
January 1 2007
Last Update
June 30 2009
Active Locations (1)
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1
University Hospital Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium, 3000