Will Cleaning the Bowel With an Enema Before Vaginal Prolapse Surgery Prevent Complications?

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Colon Cleansing

In brief

Traditionally, many gynecologic surgeons have asked patients to perform a cleansing enema the night before a vaginal surgery done to repair pelvic organ prolapse (dropped bladder, dropped uterus). The belief is that there is then less or no stool present at the vaginal incision and less chance of infection of the wound by bowel bacteria. However, not all surgeons follow this practice. There is no evidence in the medical literature if one way is better than the other. In this study, patients scheduled for vaginal surgery to correct prolapse will be randomly assigned to perform an enema or not to perform an enema.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00981539

Run by

Illinois Urogynecology, Ltd.

People needed

310

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2010-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-09-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• female, AND
• undergoing vaginal surgery for prolapse.

You may not qualify if…

• pregnant women,
• age younger than eighteen,
• male sex, OR
• concurrent abdominal surgery.

Where it is running

• Illinois Urogynecology, LTD. — Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Illinois Urogynecology, LTD. — Park Ridge, Illinois, United States (enrolling)

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