Incidental Findings in Abdominal Surgery

University of Aleppo

Status: Completed

Conditions: General Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Abdominal Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05227911

14761

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite the recent advancement in diagnostic modalities, many surgeons experience till this day unexpected findings during the course of surgery. Very few information is available in the medical literature in order to assist the surgeon with the anticipation and preparation to deal with Incidental Findings (IFs). Such valuable information can be of great benefit to the surgeon, as the surgical team can prepare himself better -technically and scientifically- to deal with the common expected IFs. The authors aim to examine the incidence of all IFs in abdominal surgery -laparoscopy or laparotomy- and identify possible associations through a cross-sectional designed study conducted in Aleppo University Hospital - Department of Surgery. The authors collected patients' data who underwent abdominal surgery during the period of the two-consecutive years 2018-2019.

Enrollment: 543 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients older than 13 y/o
• patients undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy that must include a proper inspection of the abdominal cavity

Exclusion criteria

• patients aged 13 y/o or less
• patients with incomplete data
• gynecological procedures even if it involves laparotomy or laparoscopy.

Trial design

543 participants in 1 patient group

Abdominal Surgery Group

Description:

Participant undergoing abdominal surgery for any indication

Treatment:

Procedure: Abdominal Surgery