Multicentric Point of Care UltraSound by Surgeons Trial

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

183

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 1, 2015

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2019

Study Completion Date

May 1, 2019

Conditions
Biliary DiseaseGallstone; Cholecystitis, AcuteDiverticulitis, ColonicAbscess Pelvic
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point of Care Ultrasound by Surgeons (POCUSS)

"POCUSS-1. To identify the gallbladder and it's contents, complications and perform measurements, elicit sonographic Murphy.~POCUSS-2: To perform focused left lower quadrant sonography and identify bowel wall thickness, diverticulae, measure the colonic wall thickness, assess pericolic fat and detect possible complications; evaluate sensibility on graded compression."

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Radiology report

Radiologist report compared to the point of care ultrasound impression.

PROCEDURE

Surgery-Intra-operative findings

Intra-operative findings compared to the previously performed point of care ultrasound.

Trial Locations (5)

34149

General Surgery Department, ASUITS, Cattinara Hospital, Trieste

Dublin 15

Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin

Unknown

General Surgery Dept, Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Policlinico San Pietro, Ponte San Pietro

Centro Hospitalar Tondela Viseu - Serviço de Cirurgia Geral - Unidade de Cirurgia HBP, Viseu

03185

Torrevieja University Hospital, Torrevieja

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

OTHER

collaborator

Modular UltraSound ESTES Course (MUSEC)

UNKNOWN

collaborator

European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery

OTHER

lead

Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown

OTHER

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