Pelvic floor repair after rectal cancer surgery
Part of Cancer, Digestive system clinical trials.
This study tests a new way to rebuild the pelvic floor (the muscles at the bottom of the pelvis) and the wound after surgery to remove the rectum for cancer. The goal is to improve healing and reduce complications after this major operation.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have cancer in the lower part of the rectum (the last few inches of the large intestine).
- The cancer has not spread to distant organs (like the liver or lungs).
- You are scheduled for a specific type of surgery called ELAPE (extralevatory abdominoperineal resection), which removes the rectum and surrounding tissue.
- You have no serious other health conditions that would make surgery risky (as judged by your doctor).
- The cancer is not a type called squamous cell carcinoma.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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