Association of Lunar Phases With Post-surgical Morbidity

Association of Lunar Phases With Post-surgical Hemorrhagic Rate

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00982683

Enrollment

26244

Registered

2009-09-23

Start date

1998-01-31

Completion date

2009-06-30

Last updated

2009-09-23

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Conditions

Hemorrhage

Keywords

Surgery, Moon phases, hemorrhage

Brief summary

The potential influence of lunar phases on human life has been widely discussed by the lay press. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a possible relation between the lunar cycle and the hemorrhagic complication rate and surgical outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The investigators tested this hypothesis by evaluating the complication rate for 18760 patients who underwent surgery from January 2001 to December 2008 (103 lunar phases) at the National Institute for Cancer Research in Genoa. The date of definitive surgery was allocated to the lunar phases.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* None

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Dependence analysis between post-surgical complications and lunar phases.	2001 - 2008

Countries

Italy

Outcome results