Comparative Study of Microwave Radiometry and Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis

Hippocration General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Appendicitis

Treatments: Procedure: Microwave radiometry

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02108340

ΕΣ 45/19-9-2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate the use of microwave radiometry in a population of patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis and treated with appendectomy. The main purpose of the study is to report the results of microwave radiometry as a diagnostic tool in acute appendicitis and compare those results with the commonly used ultrasonography.

Full description

Patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis from the emergency department of Hippocration General Hospital and treated with appendectomy will be evaluated with microwave radiometry for changes in the temperature of the appendix before its removal.

Subsequently, the results of microwave radiometry for the patients confirmed by the histopathology report to have acute inflammation of the appendix, will be compared with those of the ultrasonography used for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of appendicitis
• Surgical removal of appendix
• Pathological confirmation of appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Microwave radiometry

Experimental group

Description:

Patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis will undergo a measurement of the temperature of the appendix with the use of microwave radiometry in a room temperature of 20 -24 degrees celsius.

Treatment:

Procedure: Microwave radiometry