Follow up by US Following Hospitalization With Periappendicular Abscess Refusing to be Operated on Within a Few Weeks.

• Conditions: Disorder of Appendix

• Registration Number: NCT01795560
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

Follow up via ultrasonic abdoman after patients who were giagnosed and treated as periappendicular abcess and refused to be operated later on in the "interval period ". To ass what occured to their appendics ?

Detailed Description

During the last 10 years patients were hospitalized and treated with antibiotics due to the diagnosis of periappendicular abcess. they were invited to be operate after wards -appendectomy, electively few weeks later on. All these patients refused to be operated. What happend to their appendics few months or years later on via ultrasonic abdomen view??

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2013-02
• Study Start: 2013-02
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-02-19
• Study First Posted: 2013-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 2013-02-20
• Primary Completion: 2015-02
• Study Completion: 2015-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients diagnosed in the last 10 years suffering from periappendicular abcess.

Exclusion Criteria

• after appendectomy

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Size and Condition of the Appendix.	6 months to 12 years following Appendicitis