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Preoperative Ultrasound as a Predictor for Difficulty in Bariatric Surgery

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Minia University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Obesity, Morbid

Treatments

Other: control group
Other: Routine measurement of left lobe

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03486691
fac.med.055

Details and patient eligibility

About

the left lobe of the liver in obese patient usually fatty and enlarged and may cause difficulty during bariatric surgery. the aim of this study is to test the impact of routine preoperative ultrasound to evaluate the size of left lobe of the liver as a preoperative predictor for difficulty

Full description

the left lobe of the liver in obese patient usually fatty and enlarged and may cause difficulty during bariatric surgery. the aim of this study is to test the impact of routine preoperative ultrasound to evaluate the size of left lobe of the liver as a preoperative predictor for difficulty. two equal groups of patients are operated by laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with loop bipartition, in one group routine abdominal ultrasound is done, in the other group ultrasound not routinely done.

Enrollment

120 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Morbidly obese patient with BMI more than 40 with or without co-morbidity
  • Morbidly obese patient with BMI more than 35 with co-morbidity

Exclusion criteria

  • Unfit patients for laparoscopy
  • patients refuse to share in the study
  • revisional surgery for obesity
  • previous upper abdominal surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

120 participants in 2 patient groups

preoperative left lobe measurement
Experimental group
Description:
routine preoperative left lobe measurement
Treatment:
Other: Routine measurement of left lobe
Control group
Active Comparator group
Description:
Control group without routine measurement of left lobe
Treatment:
Other: control group

Trial contacts and locations

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