University Hospital Bonn Department of Surgery
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Institutions: University Hospital Bonn Department of Surgery, University Hospital Bonn Department of Ophthalmology, Default Institution
Postoperative ileus (POI) is a frequent complication after abdominal surgery leading to nausea, vomiting and infectious complications. Bowel dysmotility can last for days and necessitates parenteral nutrition resulting in an prolonged hospital stay and a high economic burden.
Until now there is no evidence based therapy of manifest POI because of missing valid surrogate markers demonstrating the severity and resolution of POI.
A novel tool to examine gastrointestinal function is the SmartPill®. ...
Public web page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02329912
Start date: 1st Dec 2014
End date: 31st Dec 2016
