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Colonic Resections in Patients With Suspected Appendicitis

NCT00888888 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 87

Last updated 2012-10-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Although many reports have been published on colonic resections in patients with suspected appendicitis and the diseases that cause the decision to resect the colon have been identified and their proper treatments have been established, there is no report on the risk factors present in converting a simple appendectomy into a major colonic resection.

The investigators aimed to identify the risk factors that lead the surgeon to perform a colonic resection in patients undergoing surgery for initially suspected acute appendicitis.

Conditions

  • Colectomy
  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Right hemicolectomy with or without primary anastomosis

During open classic appendectomy (McBurney incision) the surgeon decided to convert to midline extended laparotomy to perform a right hemicolectomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cirujanos la Serena

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • MARCELO A BELTRAN, M.D. · Hospital de La Serena

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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