Interventions to Decrease the Impact of Post-OPerative Ileus After Liver Transplant or Resection Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial to assess ways to address post-operative ileus (POI) in adult patients on the liver transplant service undergoing either liver transplant or resection surgery. Patient who speak and understand English will be randomized into one of three groups including a.)control group receiving standard therapy for post-operative ileus, b.)group receiving standard therapy and acupressure bracelets, and c.)group receiving standard therapy and sugar free gum four times daily.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Nebraska
• Treatments: Bismuth subsalicylate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients 19 years or older who speak and read English and have had a liver transplant or liver resection surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients less than 19 years of age having liver transplant or liver resection surgery

• Non-English speaking

• Pregnancy