Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Laparoscopic appendectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04895163

106-18-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

To Compare the outcome to acute appendicitis in foreign workers to the native patients.

Full description

This is a retrospective case-control study. The investigators identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all foreign workers and the control group was age, sex, and co-morbidities matched group from the local population. The investigators compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes.

Enrollment: 117 patients

Sex

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women
• Patient whose pathology report of the appendix was normal

Trial design

117 participants in 2 patient groups

Foreign workers

Description:

Foreign workers aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic appendectomy

Local patients

Description:

Local patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic appendectomy