Vitamin E on Staple Line and Anastomoses of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Hospital General Universitario Elche140 enrolled

Overview

Patients will be randomized into 2 groups: * Vit E group: Vitamin E ointment will be applied over staple lines and anastomoses * Control group: Vitamin E will not be applied Postoperative pain will be assessed 24 hours after surgery.

Patients will be randomized into 2 groups: * Vit E group: Vitamin E acetate ointment will be applied over staple lines and anastomoses in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. * Control group: Vitamin E will not be applied Postoperative pain will be assessed 24 hours after surgery, by means of visuala analogic scale (ranging from 0 to 100mm).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

140

Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Vitamine E AcetateDRUG

Vitamin E acetate ointment will be applied over the staple lines and anastomoses in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

No application of vitamin E acetateDRUG

Vitamin E acetate ointment will not be applied in this group

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * BMI \>40 Kg/m2 or \>35 Kg/m2 associated to obesity-related comorbidities * Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as bariatric procedure * Patients accepting to participate in the study and signing and Informed Consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing other bariatric techniques * Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as revisional procedure

Locations (1)

General Hospital Elche

Elche, Alicante, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Postoperative pain

Postoperative pain will be assessed by means of a Visual Analogic Scale, ranging from 0 (absence of pain) to100mm (unbearable pain)

Time frame: 24 hours after surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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