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Single Incision Versus Conventional 3-Port Laparoscopic Appendectomy

NCT01567098 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2012-05-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A randomized trial to study the null hypothesis:" single incision appendectomy does not take longer operation time when compared to conventional 3-port appendectomy". The study will be carried out in a tertiary referral center in Hong Kong with a catchment population of 1 million.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

single incision laparoscopic appendectomy

performing appendectomy through a single incision in the abdomen

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Canon KO Chan, F.R.C.S Ed. · Hospital Authority

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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