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APPEndicitis and Laparoscopic Criteria; APPEL Study

NCT01054417 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 142

Last updated 2011-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A diagnostic laparoscopy is frequently used to confirm the diagnosis of appendicitis. However, laparoscopic criteria for determining appendicitis are not defined. If there is any doubt about the presence of an abnormal appendix, it is usually removed. However, an appendectomy of a negative appendix has a certain morbidity and for that reason it should be avoided. The purpose of this study is to establish laparoscopic criteria for the diagnosis appendicitis during diagnostic laparoscopy.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Medical Center Groningen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • JW Haveman, MD, PhD · University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-04-30
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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