Preoperative Ultrasound as a Predictor for Difficulty in Bariatric Surgery

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

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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