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Irrigation Versus No Irrigation for Perforated Appendicitis

NCT00854815 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2012-08-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose is to quantify the effect of irrigation during laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis.

Conditions

  • Perforated Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Irrigation

Irrigation of the area with at least 500ml NS using the power suction/irrigator

PROCEDURE

No Irrigation

Suction only using suction/irrigator

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shawn D St. Peter, MD · Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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