Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy Prospective Randomized Control Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 70
- Primary Endpoint
- Operative time
Study Overview
Brief Summary
laparoscopic versus open appendectomy prospective randomized control study.Both surgical methods are safe and well established in clinical practice but there has been a controversy about which surgical procedure is the most appropriate in this research we are going to demonstrate which operative procedure is more beneficial with less disadvantages.
Detailed Description
A double-blind study is one in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment. This procedure is utilized to prevent bias in research results. Using envelopes as an allocation concealment method. Each patient will receive two envelopes one contain paper which determine that patient will have open surgery and the other determine that patient will have lap surgery and neither patient nor experimenters know about them and patient shall choose one of them which will determine what surgery will patient undergo .
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 5 Years to 25 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •patient age between 5-50 year old
- •patient diagnosed as acute appendicitis
Exclusion Criteria
- •perforated appendix
- •severe obese patient
- •previous abdominal exploration
Arms & Interventions
Open appendectomy
Appendectomy will be done through Mcberney incision.
Intervention: Open appendectomy (Procedure)
Conventional lap appendectomy
Three ports will be inserted as follows: One 10/12 umbilical port, one 5mm suprapubic (or right suprapubic)port, one 5mm or 10/12mm port in left iliac fossa (or left suprapubic).
Intervention: Conventional Lap appendectomy (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Operative time
Time Frame: 1 year
Time needed for operation
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Abanoub Atif Fawzy
Principle investigator
Assiut University