Clinical Significance of Appendicoliths in Elderly Patients Over 80 Years Old Undergoing Emergency Appendectomy

Fudan University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Appendicoliths in Elderly Patients

Treatments: Other: Clinical data collection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06465927

Zhongshan-HHY-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

Acute appendicitis with an appendicolith is one of the most common abdominal emergencies in elderly patients and is more likely to progress to gangrene and perforation. This study aimed to analyze the clinical data of patients over 80 years old who underwent emergency appendectomy for acute appendicitis, to explore the clinical significance of appendicoliths, and to improve treatment strategies.

Enrollment: 130 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 80 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who aged 80 years or older, who received conservative treatment for less than 24 hours before surgery, who had no peri-appendiceal abscess larger than 2 cm in diameter on CT scan, who underwent emergency appendectomy, and who had postoperative pathological confirmation of acute appendicitis.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients younger than 80 years, those with malignancies, and those with incomplete clinical or pathological records were excluded from the study.