Appendectomy in Children Performed by Residents in the Era of Laparoscopic Surgery

Odense University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intraabdominal Abscess; Wound Infection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01657565

Appendectomy in children (Registry Identifier)

ED209

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction: An increasing proportion of childhood appendicitis is treated with laparoscopic appendectomy (LA). The investigators wanted to elucidate the outcome of childhood appendicitis treated primarily by residents in a university hospital.

Material and methods: All children (age<16 years) treated surgically with appendectomy in our department between January 2006 and January 2011 were retrospectively identified. Readmission, reoperation or postoperative length of stay (LOS) exceeding five days were considered as non-satisfactory outcomes.

Enrollment: 390 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age below 16 years. operated on suspicion of appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

• appendectomy for causes other than suspicion of appendicitis

Trial design

390 participants in 2 patient groups

open appendectomy

laparscopic appendectomy