Periodontitis and Upper gi Post-operative Complications

Meaning of Periodontitis in Post-operative Complications After Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03144973

Enrollment

256

Registered

2017-05-09

Start date

2017-05-02

Completion date

2020-06-30

Last updated

2020-08-26

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Conditions

Periodontitis, Surgery--Complications

Brief summary

Periodontitis is a infection of mouth gingival mucosa and connecting tissue. It has been shown in previous studies to have a effect on the risk of heart diseases getting worse and elevate risk in heart surgery. The investigators are studying periodontitis and how it affects upper gastrointestinal tract patients complication rates and the quality of complications.

Detailed description

Before patricipating patients go to preop, the investigators have them take a mouth rinsing quick-test, periosafe(c), that tells specifically about periodontitis. Participants go to surgery (upper gi) and have a normal operation following our clinics standards and normal follow up. After the investigators analyze the patient data concerning possible complications and do they have relations between the positive periodontitis results. Participants are also given advice about seeing a dentist if positive results are seen, but the operating surgeons do not get to know the mouth rinsing test results.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTperiosafe

mouth rinsing quick-test

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Caregiver)

Masking description

operating surgeons or surgeons in the surgical ward do not get to know the test result so it won't affect in patient care

Intervention model description

All the patients that have upper-gi surgery in our time frame are asked to join in the study

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Need for a upper gi surgery

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
meaning of periodontitis in post operative complications	1 month after surgery	Periodontitis is being tested by Periosafe (c) quick-test. Participants with positive results on the test have periodontitis. Participants patient data is being analyzed after surgery and is compared to periodontitis results. The correlation between periodontitis and surgical complications is subject to analysis.

Countries

Finland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 2, 2026