Does Simethicone Improve Operative Field in Gynecological Operations

Assiut University90 enrolled

Overview

Mechanical bowel preparation aims to decrease the volume fecal content in the colon, which thereby decreases the total colony count of bacteria, thus, decreasing peritoneal contamination in case of bowel injury, improving the access to the surgical field and facilitating intraoperative bowel manipulation

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Benign Gynecologic Neoplasm

Interventions

SimethiconeDRUG

Simethicone 40mg oral tablets

EnemaDRUG

sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate 19.2 gram \& disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate 7.2 gram, in addition to purified water

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Gynecological operations for benign conditions as hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy and myomectomy. Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of allergic reaction to study drugs. 2. More than one scar of previous operation. 3. Suspicious of malignancy. 4. Psychiatric disorders.

Locations (1)

Assiut University

Asyut, Egypt

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the degree of small & large bowel preparation

Time frame: intraoperative

Central Contacts

Altayeb Mostafa, MBBCh

CONTACT

00201003722811

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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