Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy

University of Catania

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Acute Appendicitis

Treatments: Procedure: Laparoscopic appendectomy; Procedure: Open appendectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02867072

01/2004

Details and patient eligibility

About

Appendectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed in emergency surgery. Because of lack of consensus about the most appropriate technique, appendectomy is still being performed by both open (OA) and laparoscopic (LA) methods. In this retrospective analysis, the investigators aimed to compare the laparoscopic approach and the conventional technique in the treatment of acute appendicitis.

Enrollment: 593 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• acute appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women and patients with severe medical disease (hemodynamic instability, chronic medical or psychiatric illness, cirrhosis, coagulation disorders) requiring intensive care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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593 participants in 2 patient groups

Open appendectomy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects that underwent open surgery for appendicitis

Treatment:

Procedure: Open appendectomy

Laparoscopic appendectomy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects that underwent laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic appendectomy