A Trial on Laparoscopic Appendectomy Versus Single Port Appendectomy

Gachon University Gil Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Appendicitis

Treatments: Procedure: single port appendectomy, three port appendectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01348464

girba2339

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare patients who undergone single-port access laparoscopic appendectomy to those who underwent conventional three-port laparoscopic appendectomy (TPLA) in a prospective randomized trial

Full description

• primary objective

  1. complication rate

• secondary objectives

  1. satisfaction rate
  2. pain scale difference

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 5~85 years
• any patient diagnosed with acute appendicitis on appendix sonography or abdominopelvic CT
• Patient performance status(PS) with greater than 80 or more on Karnofsky PS
• Give written informed consent prior to study specific screening procedures, with the understanding that the patient has the right to withdraw from the study at any time, without prejudice.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or lactating
• Serious uncontrolled intercurrent infections, or other serious uncontrolled concomitant disease
• History of Previous cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy, for the currently treated cancer
• Clinically significant (i.e. active) cardiac disease e.g. symptomatic coronary artery disease, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or greater congestive heart failure or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication or myocardial infarction within the last 12 months.

Trial design

150 participants in 1 patient group

lifestyle, wound satisfaction

Description:

single site access three site access for appendectomy

Treatment:

Procedure: single port appendectomy, three port appendectomy