None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A post operative ileus is a common complication after bowel surgery. This study will examine the usefulness of placing a foley catheter into the stoma during surgery to help prevent this. The idea is that the catheter will prevent swelling and obstruction in the stoma keeping the stoma open.
Interventions
If randomized to treatment arm a Foley catheter is inserted into the proximal efferent limb of the ileostomy at the end of the operation. The Foley catheter will remain insitu for 5 days post operation.
Sponsors
North Shore Hospital Colorectal Research Department
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Subjects over 18 years of age, requiring elective or acute Colorectal surgery with a defunctioning loop ileostomy English speaking, if not then must have an interpreter Subjects must be willing to participate in the study and to provide written informed consent Entering the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programme as per standard hospital policy Patients with malignant and non-malignant disease will be included
Exclusion criteria
Subjects with any intraoperative findings identified by the surgeon that may preclude conduct of the study procedure Involved in another colorectal study Subjects unable to maintain the ERAS programme post operatively If Foley catheter falls out the investigators will only re-insert Foley 3 times with the patient’s permission. After that the patient will be excluded from study. This will be done by the surgical registrar,consultant or research nurse.
Outcome results
None listed