Perioperative Assessment of Physical Capacity in Elderly Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Colorectal Disorders

Treatments: Other: Perioperative assessment of physical capacity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04420117

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of preoperative physical capacity and its evolution in the postoperative period in older patients after undergoing laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer, with the test:

• Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)

After the inclusion of the first 10 patients, a preliminary feasibility study will be carried out and thus we have coverage of this pilot study.

Enrollment: 39 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients age ≥65 years.
• ASA I-III
• Patients with absence of cognitive deficit.
• Informed consent signed prior to surgery.

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal of the patient to participate in the study.
• Patients with disabilities to give their consent.
• ASA IV-V.
• Pregnancy or lactation.
• Health status that prevent physical exercise, such as unstable heart disease, severe systematic disease, or serious orthopedic conditions