Surgery Clinical Trials
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.
Found 2,628 clinical trials
Alpha Ketoglutarate Enhances Geroprotection In Surgery (AEGIS)
One of the most common major surgeries that older patients undergo is coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG), which is performed in approximately 400,000 patients in the United States each year. CABG invokes a massive surgical stress response, with systemic epinephrine increasing 33-fold and norepinephrine increasing 3-fold. Initially, local tissue …
RemI for Post-Bariatric Surgery Weight Regain
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of remotely-delivered interventions (utilizing acceptance-based behavioral treatment skills (ABTi)) amongst bariatric surgery populations who are experiencing weight regain postoperatively (\> 5% from their lowest postoperative weight and after postoperative Month 6). Investigators aim to evaluate ABTi's efficacy for reversing …
CAUDAL EPIDURAL BLOCK IN PEDIATRIC SURGERY CASES
Caudal epidural anesthesia was reported as the first epidural anesthesia technique in 1933, but its use began to become widespread after the 1960s (1). The procedure is reliable, easy to perform, the incidence of complications is low, and the total complication rate is 1.5/1000; Serious complications occur at a rate …
ENVELOP: Wound Care Following Pilonidal Sinus Surgery
This is a single-blinded, multicentre, prospective randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing post-operative and patient-reported outcomes for patients undergoing application of negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) after sinus tract excision as compared to excision and standard open wound care in chronic pilonidal sinus disease (PSD).
Patient's Database: Prepare for Your Surgery Program
Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome that predominantly affects older people and people with long-term treatments such as cancer and chronic pain. This results in an increased risk of disability, reduced resistance and greater vulnerability to stressors. These factors culminate in worse postoperative outcomes, including higher rates of complications and mortality. …
Prevention of Postoperative Hernias in Emergency Surgery
The aim of this observational study is to understand the risk factors and incidence of postoperative hernias among patients undergoing emergency surgery. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the incidence of postoperative hernias in this group of patients? A brief telephone interview will be conducted with …
Biomarkers of Resiliency In Childhood Cancer Surgery
This observational study is to better understand how children and their families recover after the stress of major surgery for cancer so that investigators can create ways to improve resilience during recovery. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can information obtained from patients and their caregivers wearing smartwatches …
B7-H3 NIR Imaging for Osteosarcoma Surgery
Complete removal of all tumor tissue with a wide surgical margin is essential for the treatment of osteosarcoma (OS). However, it's difficult, sometimes impossible, to achieve due to the invisible small satellite lesions and blurry tumor boundaries. Besides, intraoperative frozen-section analysis of resection margins of OS is often restricted by …
Study of Postoperative Ileus in Digestive Surgery
Post-operative ileus is a temporary stoppage of bowel function following surgery. Indeed it can occur in 20% of cases during post-operative follow-up of bowel surgery. The absence of resumption of transit can lead to the implementation of specific treatments such as the placement of a nasogastric tube and drug treatments. …
Timing of TAP Blocks in Bariatric Surgery
This clinical trial aims to determine the optimal timing for administering a Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block in bariatric surgery, specifically investigating whether initiating TAP blocks at the beginning of surgery is more beneficial than at the end, which is the current practice. The study targets obese patients undergoing bariatric …
