Readmission and reoperation rates following negative diagnostic laparoscopy for clinically suspected appendicitis: the normal” appendix should not be removed - a retrospective study
- Conditions
- K35Acute appendicitis
- Registration Number
- DRKS00015833
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Koege, Denmark
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 271
Inclusion Criteria
Patients having a negative laparoscopy with right iliac fossa pain and their appendix was not removed
Exclusion Criteria
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reoperation rates and readmission rates in patients in whom their appendix was not removed after a negative laparoscopy
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Histologic inflammation of the removed appendix, assessed by pathology