Active clinical trials for "Postoperative Complications"

The study evaluates the safety and efficacy of Neoprene-based glue in the management of pancreatic stump after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) in patients at high risk for pancreatic fistula and early neoplastic recurrence, compared with a population of patients at conventional risk.

The purpose of the Study is to test a higher dose of steroids(Dexamethasone) given just prior to surgery in the setting of Fast-Track Kneesurgery with Arthroplasty and the effect on postoperative pain and postoperative inflammation.

The hypothesis is that starting a bowel regimen with Polyethylene Glycol prior to robotic assisted sacrocolpopexy will decrease time to first bowel movement after surgery. The experimental group will take a pre-operative course of polyethylene glycol daily for seven days prior to procedure date. The control group will not be given any intervention preoperatively. All patients will take polyethylene glycol postoperatively.

The utilization of arthroscopic surgery to treat meniscus injuries has continued to increase in recent years, partly due to a younger, more active population, and improved technology and technique. However, pain management in the post-operative period is critical to the ability to perform this procedure as an outpatient surgery. Traditionally, oral narcotic agents have been the preferred analgesic postoperatively in orthopaedic surgery. However, these agents are associated with several side effects, including nausea/vomiting, constipation, and somnolence. In addition, opioid agents have a significant potential for abuse in comparison to non-narcotic analgesics. In light of the rising opioid epidemic and nationwide initiatives to limit narcotic usage, surgeons must explore alternate pain modalities in the acute postoperative period. Ketorolac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.1 Multiple prior studies have examined the beneficial effect of oral and intravenous (IV) ketorolac as an analgesic in the postoperative period,1-3 including arthroscopic meniscus surgery. However, the beneficial effects of this agent following arthroscopic meniscus surgery have not been extensively described.

Purpose: This study will find out the effect of Autogenic drainage on the prevention of pulmonary complications after upper abdominal surgery. Method: Sixty patients post upper abdominal surgeries will be included, their ages ranged from 50 to 60 years old. The patients will be divided into two groups, study group (A) include patients that receive first traditional physiotherapy (localized breathing exercise, diaphragmatic breathing, and splinted coughing) then autogenic drainage (B)-Group B: patients that receive traditional physiotherapy (localized breathing exercise, diaphragmatic breathing and splinted coughing)

The infectious coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), caused by corona virus SARS-severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused significant disruption in surgical services to patients globally. Data from the COVIDSurg Cohort Study suggest mortality rates of patients infected with SARS-Cov-2 in the peri-operative period of up to 25.6% in emergency surgery and 18.9% in elective surgery. Based on estimates by the COVIDSurg Collaborative, large numbers of elective surgical procedures are cancelled. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare providers to 'shift from patient-centred ethics to public health ethics'. This has had impact on pre-operative testing for COVID-19, and scheduling of surgery. Currently, a provisional recommendation to delay surgery for at least four weeks after a positive COVID test, exists. Weighing the risk of surgery and potential complications during the COVID-19 pandemic, against the benefit of undergoing a surgical procedure to improve quality of life, remains difficult. A study to determine the long term effect of the pandemic on patient-reported outcome may provide guidance on how to safely return to surgical activity that are again more focused on individualized care. There is also the opportunity to record outcomes that are currently accepted as the standard for understanding longer term recovery after surgery.

The aim of this study is to compare conventional with robot-assisted (Da Vinci®) laparoscopic hysterectomy regarding operating time peri-operative outcome and costs.

The purpose of the study is to test whether colloid-based goal-directed intraoperative fluid management leads to less perioperative morbidity compared to crystalloid-based goal-directed intraoperative fluid management. Goal-directed therapy is based on measurements by an Esophageal Doppler Device.

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety of INO-1001, an intravenous PARP (poly-[ADP ribose] polymerase) inhibitor, in patients undergoing heart surgery. The study also measures whether INO-1001 reduces the side effects caused by heart-lung bypass machines.

Introduction: Meningomyelocele is a common congenital neural tube defect. To reduce complications, early surgery and a multidisciplinary approach is needed. In this study, the investigators administered platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to newborns with meningomyelocele following corrective surgery to minimize cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage and accelerate the healing of the immature pouch tissue. The investigators compared these with a control group that did not receive PRP. Patients and Methods: Of the 40 newborns who were operated on with the diagnosis of meningomyelocele, 20 patients received PRP after surgical repair, and 20 were followed up without PRP. In the PRP group, 10 of the 20 patients underwent primary defect repair, the other 10 underwent flap repair. In the group that did not receive PRP, primary closure was performed in 14 patients and flap closure in six.