Acute Presentation and Management of Abdominal Tuberculosis: A Ten-year Experience at a Tertiary Care Center in Pakistan

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tuberculosis; Abdomen

• Registration Number: NCT03918226
• Lead Sponsor: Services Hospital, Lahore

Brief Summary

A prospective interventional study was conducted in Services Instituton of Medical Sciences all patients who underwent emergency laparotomy from 2008-2018 due to abdominal tuberculosis. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-30
• Study Completion: 2018-04-30
• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-04-15
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Both sexes and age between years and 90 years
• Patients presenting with acute abdomen and who underwent exploratory laparotomy
• Patients who diagnosis confirmed on biopsy (caseating granulomas)

Exclusion Criteria

• Peritoneal tuberculosis
• Other causes of acute abdomen (Typhoid perforation)
• Patients diagnosed with abdominal tuberculosis and on conservative management

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mortality rate	9 months	death due to postoperative complications
Percentage of patients who develop complications after surgery	9 months	Complications of surgery like leakage of gut content, enterocutaneous fistula, intestinal obstruction
Percentage of patients who develop recurrence of abdominal tuberculosis (elevated ESR, CT scan findings of abdominal tuberculosis)	1 year	Recurrence of abdominal tuberclosis assessed by ESR, CT scan Abdomen, Biopsy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Services hospital; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan