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

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University Hospital Gasthuisberg

Leuven, Belgium, 3000