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Quality of Recovery After Colorectal Surgery (Robots vs Laparoscopic)
NCT07875829 · Hospital Central do Funchal · Updated 15 Oct 2026
- What is being tested
- Robotic vs laparoscopic surgery
- For
- Recovery Outcomes
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. About 110 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Portugal
- When
- Starts or started 12 Jan 2026, ends July 2027. Registered 15 Oct 2026.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Minimally invasive techniques for colorectal surgery include standard laparoscopy and robot-assisted laparoscopy. Studies evaluating recovery after anaesthesia and surgery have focused primarily on physiological endpoints, recovery times, and the incidence of adverse events, such as major morbidity and mortality. Although these parameters are essential and should be measured, they mostly ignore the patient's perspective. Patient-related outcomes can be assessed with tools designed for that purpose, such as the Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15) questionnaire. This single-centre prospective observational cohort study will compare robotic vs laparoscopic colorectal resections with the primary outcome of QoR-15 at 24 hours after surgery, capturing anaesthesia-specific variables to adjust for confounding.
Sites
- Hospital Central do FunchalFunchal, Madeira, Portugal