A listing of Surgery medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
The goal of this observational study is to learn how the length of pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery may affect changes in blood bicarbonate levels. Pneumoperitoneum is the use of carbon dioxide gas to create space inside the abdomen during laparoscopic surgery. The main question this study aims to …
The aim of this anonymous survey is to identify who teaches GI procedures to general surgical residents during residency training and understand the need as well as desire for an Advanced Surgical GI fellowship amongst senior surgical residents. We also hope to identify the self-reported level of comfort of senior …
This is a feasibility study looking at whether the use of Tamsulosin could lower the high incidence of postoperative urinary retention (POUR) in older men who undergo an oncological thoracic surgical procedure for suspected or confirmed cancer. In addition, the study will try to identify the time of resumption of …
The incidence of postoperative delirium in patients after cardiovascular surgery is very high, which seriously affects the short-term and long-term prognosis of patients, but its mechanism is not clear. Recent studies have found that lactic acid participates in the process of sepsis by inducing histone lactatation in macrophages. histone H3 …
This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of panitumumab-IRDye800 and to see how well it works in finding cancer in patients with pancreatic cancer who are undergoing surgery. Panitumumab-IRDye800 is a combination of the antibody drug panitumumab and IRDye800CW, an investigational dye that can be seen …
The standard of care for treatment of burn injury is to inject a solution of epinephrine under the skin of the injured site in order to reduce blood loss during skin grafting. This solution of epinephrine has been shown to have effects on the body outside the donor site. Some …
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a 10 day low-residue diet restriction is better for bowel function and quality of life without increasing complications compared to a 6 week low-residue diet restriction after elective colon resection surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does …
This is a non-randomised, single-centre Phase 2 study, investigating whether the diagnostic biomarker, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), can detect melanoma metastases using PSMA PET/ CT.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether temporary atrial pacing improves heart function after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). It will also help determine the best pacing rate during the first 24 hours after surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does atrial pacing …
This study, titled "R.A.G.A.Z.: Virtual Reality for Reducing Anxiety and Pain in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery," aims to see if using virtual reality (VR) can help children feel less anxious and experience less pain during minor orthopedic surgeries. The research will compare the effects of VR to the usual pre-surgery sedative …
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