Colorectal Resection in Emergency General Surgery
Overview
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Study type
ObservationalDescribes the nature of a clinical study. Types include:
- Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results.
- Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new tests, treatments, drugs, surgical procedures or devices.
- Medical records research — uses historical information collected from medical records of large groups of people to study how diseases progress and which treatments and surgeries work best.
Study IDs
Sponsor Protocol Number: 18-002874
About this study
The purpose of this study is to define the early postoperative morbidity and mortality of EGS patients undergoing colon resection in the urgent/emergent setting, with a specific focus on the comparison of patients undergoing colonic anastomosis versus diversion.
Participation eligibility
Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.
Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients undergoing urgent/emergent colon resection (less than 24 hours after decision to operate) by an acute care surgeon will be enrolled.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Elective operations performed by acute care surgeons within 24-hours of the decision to operate (e.g., scheduled resection of nonobstructed, non-perforated malignancy)
- Prisoners
- Pregnancy
- Wards of the state
- Patients less than 18-years of age
- Traumatic mechanisms of injury
- Death within 24-hours of index operation.
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