An observational study in Adhesions, sponsored by University of Surrey. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-09-17.
Sponsored by University of Surrey · Observational
To ascertain whether there are fewer adhesions (internal scars) formed following laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery for colorectal diseases than traditional open surgery.
241 studies on the registry are indexed under Tissue Adhesions; 29 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 46 is below the median of 146 across 49 observational studies indexed under Tissue Adhesions.
Browse Tissue Adhesions studies →University of Surrey is the lead sponsor of 90 studies on the registry; 14 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who have had previous open colorectal surgery and are referred for a further operative procedure, at which time a "second-look" laparoscopy can be performed.
Procedure: Laparoscopy
Patients who have had a previous laparoscopic colorectal procedure and are having a "second-look" procedure
Procedure: Laparoscopy
A "second-look" laparoscopy, in patients who require further surgery (for example a liver resection or closure of ileostomy).
This study is completed, as verified in Sep 2007. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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