Closure of the Appendix Stump in Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Orhan Üreyen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Appendicitis, Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: clips; Procedure: knotting

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03930667

24.03.2015-no:3

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aimed to the study evaluate the superiority of intracorporal sutures and Hem-o-lok clips in terms of efficiency.

Full description

Performed laparoscopic surgery for acute appendicitis. Appendiceal stump was closed by Hem-o-lok clips (Group I) and intracorporal knotting (Group II) in a randomize manner. Groups were compared for cost effectiveness.

Enrollment: 41 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

• under 18 years of age
• other patology in addition to appendiceal pathology

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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41 participants in 2 patient groups

clips

Active Comparator group

Description:

Closure of the appendix stump with hem-o-lok clips

Treatment:

Procedure: clips

knotting

Experimental group

Description:

Closure of the appendix stump with intracorporal knotting.

Treatment:

Procedure: knotting