Patients undergoing surgery in which a gastro-intestinal anastomosis is made.
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will receive standard of care. Tissue perfusion in the area of the anastomosis will be visualized after intravenous injection of the near-infrared dye indocyanine green non-invasively using o
Sponsors
Leiden University Medical Centre
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing surgery in which a gastro-intestinal anastomosis is made.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. History of allergy to iodine, shellfish, indocyanine green; 2. Pregnancy; 3. Presence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Tissue perfusion. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The correlation between tissue perfusion and anastomosis patency. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactC.J.H. Velde, van de
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Department of Surgical Oncology, P.O. Box 9600
Outcome results
None listed