New bowel connection method for colon or rectal cancer surgery
Part of Cancer, Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial tests a new way of connecting the bowel after removing cancer or precancerous lesions in the sigmoid colon or upper rectum. It is for patients who are having planned, curative surgery and may help reduce complications.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Cancer or precancerous lesion in the sigmoid colon or proximal rectum (the last part of the colon and beginning of the rectum)
- Surgery called 'anterior resection' to cure the condition
- Planned as a scheduled (elective) laparoscopic or robotic surgery
- Able to understand the study and give consent
- No emergency surgery needed, no distant spread (M0), no prior pelvic radiation, no planned ileostomy, and no conditions that affect bowel wall thickness
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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