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Evaluation of the Ability to Detect Bowel Gas During Laparoscopic Surgery
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT02679118
Purpose
This study will determine the ability of the device to draw a small amount of gas from an
insufflated abdomen during laparoscopic surgery and accurately detect if gaseous content from
the bowel is present.
Official Title
Evaluation of the Ability to Detect Bowel Gas During Laparoscopic Surgery
Stanford Investigator(s)
Dan E. Azagury, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age 18 - 60 years old with the diagnosis of morbid obesity, who qualifies for
laparoscopic gastric bypass surgical therapy, and has elected to undergo laparoscopic
gastric bypass surgery.
2. Receiving care in the Stanford Hospital General Surgery Bariatric Surgery Clinic under
the care of Dr. Dan Azagury
3. The patient is scheduled for laparoscopic roux en y gastric bypass surgery, with Dr.
Azagury.
4. Willing and cognitively able to sign informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Lack of or inability to provide informed consent.
2. Less than 18 years of age or greater than 60 years of age
3. Planned deviation from the standard laparoscopic gastric bypass operation
4. Conversion intra-operatively from a laparoscopic gastric bypass to an alternative
laparoscopic surgical operation or to an open gastric bypass operation.
5. Enrollment in another device or drug study that may confound results.
Intervention(s):
device: Sentire
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Dan Azagury, MD
650-736-9800