Is Lanreotide Really Useful in High Output Stoma? Comparison between Lanreotide to Conventional Antidiarrheal Treatment Alone.

CONCLUSION: The trial was prematurely stopped due to the low number of patients included. The question of the usefulness of somatostatin analogues in HOS persists, especially as the cost of this treatment is high, and there is a lack of evidence of its effectiveness.
PMID: 32746647 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Investigative Surgery - August 13, 2020 Category: Surgery Tags: J Invest Surg Source Type: research