ANTERO-5: Gastric Motility in Postoperative Ileus

ANTERO-5: A Clinical Investigation of Gastric Motility in Adult Patients at Risk to Develop Postoperative Ileus Following Colorectal Surgery

A monocenter, non-randomized interventional investigation in 3 panels of adult patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery who are at risk to develop postoperative ileus.

The feasibility to use the VIPUN Gastric Monitoring System prototype 0.3 will be explored in this population for the first time.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed Informed Consent
• At least 18 years old
• BMI between and including 18 and 30
• Understand and able to read Dutch
• Planned to undergo elective colorectal surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known history of documented gastroparesis
• Known history of functional dyspepsia
• Known / suspected current use of illicit drugs
• Known psychiatric or neurological illness
• Any prior gastrointestinal surgery that could influence normal gastric function in the opinion of the investigator
• Known history of heart or vascular diseases like irregular heartbeats, angina or heart attack
• Nasopharyngeal surgery in the last 30 days
• Suspected basal skull fracture or severe maxillofacial trauma
• Known history of thermal or chemical injury to upper respiratory tract or esophagus
• Current esophageal or nasopharyngeal obstruction
• Known coagulopathy
• Known esophageal varices