Elective laparoscopic appendectomy for chronic right lower abdominal pain: outcome of a prospective randomised double-blind controlled surgical trial

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic right lower abdominal pain; Signs and Symptoms; Abdominal and pelvic pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN48831122
• Lead Sponsor: Maxima Medical Centre (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-05-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Between 15 and 45 years of age
2. Suffering from chronic or recurrent right lower abdominal quadrant pain for more than three months
3. Experience of continuous pain, or should have endured at least one pain attack in the month prior to inclusion

Exclusion Criteria

1. (A history of) chronic back pain
2. Previous abdominal surgery (with the exception of diagnostic laparoscopies or a laparoscopic sterilisation)
3. Specific gastro-intestinal entities (such as inflammatory bowel disease)
4. Gynaecological disease (all female patients consulted a gynaecologist)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified