Does a Preoperative Bowel Regimen Change Time to First Bowel Movement After Robotic Sacral Colpopexy

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-12-09
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The hypothesis is that starting a bowel regimen with Polyethylene Glycol prior to robotic assisted sacrocolpopexy will decrease time to first bowel movement after surgery. The experimental group will take a pre-operative course of polyethylene glycol daily for seven days prior to procedure date. The control group will not be given any intervention preoperatively. All patients will take polyethylene glycol postoperatively.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Northwell Health

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing a robotic assisted sacrocolpopexy with or without hysterectomy and with or without anti-incontinence procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age under 18 or over 90

• Planned laparotomy

• Planned posterior colporrhaphy

• Regular pre-operative use of stool softeners/laxatives

• Presence of colostomy

• Inability to give informed consent

• Inability to take medication by mouth

• Chronic kidney disease (Cr > 1.2)

• Esophageal strictures

• Persistent nausea and vomiting

• Bowel obstruction

• Inflammatory bowel disease