Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

New York Medical College

Code:

NCT04539028

Conditions

Bowel Obstruction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Emergency Abdominal surgery

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will observe the postoperative morbidity and mortality trends in patients with non- traumatic abdominal pathology who will undergo emergency general surgery. This prospective study will help us in establishing a prospective de-identified registry that may be used to further research this cohort in the future.

Conditions

Bowel Obstruction

Study ID

NCT04539028

Start date

Jun 1, 2019

Status verified date

Aug, 2020

Completion date

May 30, 2022

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 30, 2022

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All adult patients ages 18-99, regardless of sex, racial or ethnic background who will undergo or underwent emergency abdominal surgery for acute abdomen due to perforated viscus, acute bowel obstruction, bowel ischemia, acute or gangrenous gall bladder, post-operative complications such as anastomotic leaks after bowel anastomosis,abdominal compartment syndrome,enterocutaneous/enteroatmospheric fistula or bleeding.
  • Investigators will also include patients after organ transplant that will undergo emergent surgery for post-operative bleeding, anastomotic leak or organ ischemia.
  • As well as any patients undergoing bariatric surgery or colorectal procedures that develop any complication that might need return to the operating room emergently will also be included in the study from 2019 at Westchester Medical Center.

3. Key Exclusion Criteria
  • Elective delayed repair for surgery done after clinic follow-up.
  • Age < 18 years or greater than 89 years of age

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Emergency Abdominal surgery

Emergency Abdominal surgery

Primary outcome measure

  • morbidity and mortality [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Agon Kajmolli, MD

9144937936agon.kajmolli@wmchealth.org

Matthew McGuirk, MD

9144937936Matthew.McGuirk@wmchealth.org

Locations

Westchester Medical Center

Recruiting

Valhalla, New York, United States, 10595

Contacts

Agon Kajmolli, MD

914-493-7936agon.kajmolli@wmchealth.org

Matthew McGuirk, MD

9144937936Matthew.McGuirk@wmchealth.org

More Information

Sponsor

New York Medical College

Last update posted

Sep 4, 2020

Last verified

Aug, 2020

Keywords

  • Emergency Abdominal surgery, Acute abdomen

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by New York Medical College on 2020-09-04.