Trial on Postoperative Outcomes According to the Number of Trocar During Laparoscopic Appendectomy
- Conditions
- AppendicitisPainComplications
- Registration Number
- NCT00816933
- Lead Sponsor
- The Catholic University of Korea
- Brief Summary
Appendicitis is the most common benign inflammatory disease that requires an operation.
Laparoscopic appendectomy using three trocar is generally performed, and reveals good surgical outcomes incluing less pain, early recovey, cosmetic effect et al. However, with using three trocar, there are some problems including pain around trocar insertion sites(three portions), wound infecton and scar at trocar insertion sites. For these reasons, more minimal invasive appendectomy is required, with development of laparoscopic instrument,eventually one port sppectomy is developed. So, the investigators assess post-operative Outcomes according to the Number of Trocar.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 140
- Appendicitis (clinical or radilogical diagnosis)
- ASA < 4
- Appendicitis with palpable mass( clinical or radilogical diagnosis)
- Patient has bleeding tendency
- Pregnant
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method post-operative pain For 7days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method cosmetic effect for 14days
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Dept. of Surgery, Holy Family Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
🇰🇷Bucheon, Gyunggi Do, Korea, Republic of
Dept. of Surgery, Holy Family Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea🇰🇷Bucheon, Gyunggi Do, Korea, Republic ofWook Kim, professorPrincipal InvestigatorJunhyun Lee, InstructorSub InvestigatorDongjae Kim, professorSub Investigator