Role of Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Enhanced Postoperative Recovery After Colorectal Surgery (TiRex)

University of Florence (UNIFI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Ileus; Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Tibial nerve stimulation; Procedure: Sham tibial nerve stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02433938

jm-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of the study is to evaluate the role of postoperative tibial nerve stimulation in the enhancement of the recovery of bowel function and in shortening the hospital stay.

Full description

Patients were randomized in two groups. The first group underwent a three days postoperative transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation. The second group underwent a sham stimulation. Aim of the study is to evaluate the role of tibial nerve stimulation in the postoperative recovery after colorectal surgery.

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients that underwent colorectal surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Severe comorbidities
• Postoperative or intraoperative complications

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups

Underwent tibial nerve stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients that underwent standard postoperative protocol + tibial nerve stimulation for 3 days

Treatment:

Procedure: Tibial nerve stimulation

Did not undergo tibial nerve stimulation

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients that underwent standard postoperative protocol + sham tibial nerve stimulation (standard postoperative protocol+sham tns)

Treatment:

Procedure: Sham tibial nerve stimulation