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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN48831122
ISRCTN48831122CompletedNot Applicable

Elective laparoscopic appendectomy for chronic right lower abdominal pain

Maxima Medical Centre (The Netherlands)0 sites40 target enrollmentStarted: May 30, 2007Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
40

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

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)

Investigators

Sponsor
Maxima Medical Centre (The Netherlands)

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