Why Still in Neurosurgical Ward After Tumor Craniotomy?

NCT ID: NCT05288088

Last Updated: 2023-11-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-06-12

Study Completion Date

2023-11-15

Brief Summary

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The aim of this prospective observational study is to identify the specific reasons that prolong a hospital stay after elective tumor craniotomy. Optimal postoperative in-hospital stay is considered to be two days from surgery to discharge from the neurosurgical ward. However, a variable length of stay at a neurological department for follow-up of late recognized deficits of neurological consequences of the surgical procedure are common.

Detailed Description

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The concept of fast-track surgery and later enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) was first imputed in 1990s. Since then, ERAS protocols have been successfully adopted in many surgical fields, often with dramatic benefits for the patients. Length of hospital stay is one of the main questions addressed in many ERAS studies, as it by a simple approach address many of the complications encountered by the patients or the case flow in the perioperative period. Why patients have prolonged hospital stay after surgery has been investigated by Husted et al. in 2011 after hip and knee arthroplasty and P. Munk-Madsen et al. in 2019 after laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Both studies could isolate dominating factors prolonging hospital stay, some of them preventable. Existing length of stay studies on tumor craniotomy patients have focused on specific variables affecting hospital duration, but never explored the true cause of prolonged hospitalization.

Conditions

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Surgery--Complications Brain Tumor

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Tumor craniotomy patients

Patients undergoing elective brain tumor craniotomy

No intervention

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

This is an observational study

Interventions

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No intervention

This is an observational study

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients scheduled for elective brain tumor craniotomy

Exclusion Criteria

* Stereotactic biopsy, pituitary surgery and laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Rigshospitalet, Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Alexandra Vassilieva

Medical doctor, PhD-student

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Martin K Sørensen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Neuroanesthesiology, Rigshospitalet

Locations

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Department of Neuroanesthesiology, Rigshospitalet

Copenhagen, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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NSwardcraniotomy

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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