The Impact of Preoperative Supplementation of Zinc

Cairo University1 enrolled

Overview

1. Pre operative anthropometric assessment including : weight in kg, height/length and BMI 2. Pre operative Zinc supplementation (dose according to the age) for 7 days preoperatively for cases 3. Postoperative data collection

Postoperative data collection : * Length of hospital stay * Complication and sorting of them * Lab withdrawal of inflammatory markers on 2-3 day postoperatively

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Surgery Nutrition Disorders

Interventions

ZincDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Zinc Supplementation

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 MonthMax age: 12 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. All children patients with Hirschsprung disease admitted for surgical intervention with different ( age , sex ) 2. Type of surgery : transanal pull through 3. Whose parents or caregivers approve for the participation in the study Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with emergency situations 2. Whose parents or caregivers will not apply for the participation in the study

Locations (1)

Hoda Atef Abdelsattar Ibrahim

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The effect of preoerative Zinc supplementation on the hospital length stay in children operated for Hirschsprung's disease

Children oprated for elective surgery for Hirschsprung's disease will be supplemented with zinc seven days before surgery and postoperative data as the duration of hospital length stay in hours will be meausred in both the cases and control groups and comapred.

Time frame: zinc supplemenation for one week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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