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Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Chronic Right Lower Abdominal Pain

NCT00413855 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2006-12-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

It is questionable whether elective appendectomy can effectively reduce pain in persistent or recurrent lower abdominal quadrant pain due to chronic appendicitis.

A single centre randomised double-blind sham surgery controlled clinical trial studied the effects of elective laparoscopic appendectomy on postoperative pain perception in patients with persistent or recurrent lower abdominal quadrant pain on abdominal pain at 6 months postoperatively. Secondary outcome was the relation between clinical response and the appendix' histopathology. The analysis was performed on an intention-to-treat basis. Pain scores were compared using a Fisher's exact test.

Conditions

  • Chronic or Recurrent Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

laparoscopic appendectomy or not (surgery)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maxima Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rudi Roumen, PhD, MD · Maxima Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1994-09-30
Completion
2005-06-30

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