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Safe Colorectal Surgery in the Elderly
NCT03765411 · Tripler Army Medical Center · Updated 5 Dec 2018
- What is being tested
- Proctectomy
- For
- Rectal Cancer
- Kind of study
- Watches patients without assigning a treatment. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 70 years and older. About 6,740 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started 1 Jan 2013, ends 15 April 2017. Registered 5 Dec 2018.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
The objective was to evaluate the use and outcomes of robotic proctectomy compared to open and laparoscopic approaches for rectal cancer in the elderly. A retrospective cross-sectional cohort study utilizing the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS; 2006-2013) was performed.
Sites
- Tripler Army Medical CenterHonolulu, Hawaii, United States