aparoscopic versus open appendectomy in patients with acute appendicitis
- Conditions
- Surgery
- Registration Number
- PACTR202203884835048
- Lead Sponsor
- al azhar university hospital assiut branch
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Any patient with came to the emergency unit with clinically
suspected acute appendicitis and was above age of 16 years old was
enrolled in the study. Both sexes were enrolled in the study.
The diagnosis of appendicitis was made on the following criteria:
history of right lower quadrant pain or periumbilical pain migrating to
the right lower quadrant with nausea and/or vomiting, fever of more than
38°C and/or leukocytosis above 10,000 cells per ml, right lower quadrant
guarding, and tenderness on physical examination .
Also, by investigations that exclude other causes of acute abdomen.
Any patient with an acute Alvarado score of 7 or more was administered
1- Previous abdominal surgery
2- Generalized peritonitis
3- Palpable mass in the right lower quadrant, suggesting an
appendiceal abscess or mass
4- Absolute contraindication to laparoscopic surgery (large ventral
hernia, history of laparotomies for small bowel obstruction, ascites
with abdominal distension)
5- History of cirrhosis and coagulation disorders
6- Pregnancy (except after second trimester).
7- Patient refusal
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method bleeding and hematoma
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method wound infection and hernia