Summary: The majority of patients (60-70%) develop high levels of anxiety before surgery. Surgical patients may experience feelings of anxiety due to insufficient information and counseling before surgery and potential changes in the body caused by surgery. Fears include (but are not limited to) not waking up from anesthesia, not being able to return to previous work and family life, and adaptation concern...

Summary: The aim of this study is to determine whether chemotherapy prior to tumor removal (neoadjuvant chemotherapy), in patients undergoing treatment for colon cancer in occlusion (CCO), would improve the rate of patients able to benefit from optimal treatment, i.e. complete treatment (including all neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy cures). This new strategy, which would combine chemotherapy before s...

Summary: Chronic constipation is a common gastrointestinal disease with a global prevalence of about 15%, significantly affecting daily life and quality of life. Traditional treatments primarily rely on laxatives, which may lead to adverse effects with prolonged use, while surgical interventions have limited patient acceptance. Recent studies indicate that gut microbiota therapies-including probiotics, pre...

Methods: A comprehensive review of patients undergoing laparoscopic TEP parastomal hernia repair between 2024 and 2026 will be performed. Patient demographics, operative details, intraoperative complications, postoperative morbidity, recovery times, and hernia recurrence rates will be collate and analyze.

Summary: Currently a multiport robotic surgery platform (Intuitive Xi) is widely available and used for colorectal surgery indications. A Single port platform (Intuitive SP) is FDA approved for Head and Neck and Urology but has not been widely used in colorectal surgery. This study seeks to evaluate the safe and effective use of the SP platform for colorectal surgery indications.

Summary: This study aims to evaluate the effect of hot compress application to the intestines during abdominal surgery on postoperative nausea-vomiting and bowel function. Volunteers will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. Initially, 30 patients will be included in each group, and the study will be completed based on the effect size determined by power analysis. Hypotheses: H0: Co...

Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether using an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol helps children recover faster after colostomy reversal compared with traditional care. The main question it aims to answer is: Does ERAS lower the number of days children need to stay in the hospital after colostomy reversal compared with traditional care? Researchers will compare two group...

Summary: The planned research aims to evaluate the impact of a training program on self-efficacy in patients with permanent colostomies. It highlights the importance of holistic patient education in preventing complications and improving adaptation to stomas, which can positively affect patients' quality of life and self-efficacy.

Summary: Peroral administration is the preferred way of taking medication. However, the special absorption conditions in ostomy patients are generally not addressed in approval studies and there is also little other literature on this topic. These are usually case reports or studies on individual patients or very small patient collectives. For medications with measurable clinical parameters, e.g. blood pre...

Summary: In 2022, Italy is estimated to have 48,100 cases of colon-rectum cancer. Locally advanced mid-lower rectal cancers require preoperative chemo-radiotherapy with fluoropyrimidine. The diagnosis and treatment of rectal cancer have a significant impact on patients' well-being, causing physical and psychological distress. Symptoms such as abdominal pain, fatigue, diarrhea, are commonly reported. While ...

Summary: In this study, the investigators will evaluate the effect of a podcast on constipation on the number of patients with constipation. It is hypothesised that the podcast on constipation, will prevent constipation in the period leading up to and after surgery. This is a randomised controlled trial. The population of the study will consist of patients with planned orthopaedic surgery (knee, hip, shoul...

Summary: This study uses a stoma self-care app, accessed through LINE official account, a communication software commonly used by Chinese people, as an intervention measure to integrate technology acceptance and task technology adaptation models to explore the correlation of each aspect and its impact on self-care ability and quality of life. Whether the factors and task technology adaptability will affect...