Vitamin E on Staple Line and Anastomoses of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-04-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Patients will be randomized into 2 groups:

• Vit E group: Vitamin E ointment will be applied over staple lines and anastomoses

• Control group: Vitamin E will not be applied

Postoperative pain will be assessed 24 hours after surgery.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital General Universitario Elche
• Treatments: alpha-Tocopherol; Tocopherols; Tocotrienols; Vitamin E; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• BMI >40 Kg/m2 or >35 Kg/m2 associated to obesity-related comorbidities

• Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as bariatric procedure

• Patients accepting to participate in the study and signing and Informed Consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing other bariatric techniques

• Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as revisional procedure