The Effect of Hot Pack Application on Postoperative Ileus Undergoing Surgery for Gynecologic Malignancies

The Effect of Hot Pack Application of Umbilical Region on Postoperative Ileus in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Gynecologic Malignancies: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Postoperative ileus (POI), is an extensively known complication characterized by an impairment of normal gastrointestinal motor activity after abdominal surgery and may also occur after surgery at other sites due to non-mechanical causes. [1]. This clinical asset has been linked to prominent perioperative morbidity with the following financial burden owing to extended hospitalization [1]. Furthermore, POI can postpone adjuvant treatments, such as chemotherapy in patients who went through surgery for cancers.

Abdominal tenderness and distension, nausea and vomiting, delay in the passage of flatus and stool, and intolerance to solid food are the prime symptoms of POI [1-3]. It is generally transient, but if prolonged, can cause surgical incision dehiscence, intestinal anastomotic fistula, abdominal cavity infection, intestinal ischemia, aspiration pneumonia, and other serious complications [4-6]. Hence, many clinicians have focused on averting POI. Many studies have analyzed preventive methods, such as preoperative mobilization of the patient, adequate pain control, gum chewing, epidural anesthesia, coffee consumption, and motility agents such as metoclopramide and alvimopan [7-15]. For all the manifold remedy approaches, POI maintains a difficult clinical challenge that compromises the rapid improvement of patients who underwent abdominal surgery.

Recently, thermal attempts have been employs for several situations such as inflammatory bowel disease, chronic pelvic pain, and abdominal pain [16]. It may be used in two different ways; whole body or local. Local thermal therapy can be carried out by hot pack or paraffin [17]. It has been demonstrated that local thermotherapy abate myotonia, enhances circulation, and eases pain by expediting the removal of the pain-producing substance. Local thermal therapy is widely used for a number of conditions such as pain, nausea, vomiting, and some bowel diseases in traditional Chinese medicine [18].

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Postoperative Ileus
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: rubber water bag

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 130
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Mugla, Turkey, 48000
    • Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University Education and Research Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 86 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• patiens aith aged ≥18 years olds
• patients undergoing elective exhaustive staging surgery (total hysterectomy (Type A-C2), systematic pelvic para-aortic lymphadenectomy ± bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and ± omentectomy by abdominal approach containing either open or laparoscopic surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• ASA score >3,
• chronic constipation (defined as ≤2 bowel movements per week),
• inflammatory bowel disease,
• irritable bowel syndrome,
• compromised liver function,
• clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia,
• Thyroid disorder,
• History of abdominal bowel surgery,
• previous abdominal irradiation,
• previous neoadjuvant chemotherapy or hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy,
• Performed upper abdominal surgery
• The covid-19 positive test result,
• bowel anastomosis.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Study; Group B served as the hot pack group boiled tap water (80 °C) was put in a rubber water bag with a fluffy cover (Fig. 1), and placed on the patient's abdomen at 3, 6, 9, and 12 h after the surgical procedure for 30 minutes in addition to clinical standard postoperative care (ERAS protocol).	Other: rubber water bag; bboiled tap water (80 °C) was put in a rubber water bag with a fluffy cover (Fig. 1), and placed on the patient's abdomen at 3, 6, 9, and 12 h after the surgical procedure for 30 minutes in addition to clinical standard postoperative care (ERAS protocol)
No Intervention: Control; Group A or the control group did not pick up any therapy except our clinical standard postoperative care (ERAS protocol)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
time to the first passage of flatus after surgery	Patients were checked hourly for bowel sounds by auscultation and were asked to note the time of first flatus and defecation and to inform the clinical nurses or an assistant.	up to 72 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The time to the first bowel movement	The time to the first bowel movement was referred to the time to the first audible bowel sound during routine postoperative care. Patients were checked hourly for bowel sounds by auscultation and were asked to note the time of first flatus and defecation and to inform the clinical nurses or an assistant.	up to 72 hours
The time to tolerate a solid diet	The time to tolerate a solid diet was measured from the end of operation, referred to the time when the patient awoke from anesthesia, until the patient tolerated intake of solid food (any food that required chewing) without vomiting	Up to 5 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Erzincan Military Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 5, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): April 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 27, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): April 6, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 7, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 4, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Intestinal Obstruction; Ileus
• Other Study ID Numbers: MUGLA-3

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No