Monitoring sacral nerves during sacrectomy or spinal surgery
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Cancer clinical trials.
This study uses special monitoring during surgery to watch the nerves that control bowel, bladder, and leg function. The goal is to help surgeons protect these nerves and predict your recovery after surgery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You are having surgery at City of Hope — either a sacrectomy (removal of part or all of the sacrum, a bone at the base of the spine) for a bone tumor, or a spinal procedure that does not involve the sacral nerves.
- You are able to understand and fill out questionnaires about your health.
- You agree to participate in study procedures, including answering questions about your recovery after surgery.
- You have not had a prior sacrectomy or surgery that cut all sacral nerves.
- If you are having a spinal procedure (not sacrectomy), you do not have existing bowel or bladder problems.
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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