Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel
Completed
- Conditions
- Surgery
- Interventions
- Procedure: Laparoscopic appendectomy
- Registration Number
- NCT04895163
- Lead Sponsor
- HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
- Brief Summary
To Compare the outcome to acute appendicitis in foreign workers to the native patients.
- Detailed Description
This is a retrospective case-control study. The investigators identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all foreign workers and the control group was age, sex, and co-morbidities matched group from the local population. The investigators compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 117
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Exclusion Criteria
- Pregnant women
- Patient whose pathology report of the appendix was normal
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Foreign workers Laparoscopic appendectomy Foreign workers aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Local patients Laparoscopic appendectomy Local patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percent of complicated disease 1 month amount of cases defined as complicated acute appendicitis
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Emek Medical Center
🇮🇱Afula, Israel