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A Comparison of Appendicectomy Outcomes in Children Between Paediatric and General Surgical Centres in Scotland

NCT02047786 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 4000

Last updated 2014-01-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Introduction

Appendicectomy (or appendectomy in US usage) is the single most commonly performed emergency surgical operation performed on British children. Previous investigation of outcomes following appendicectomy has suggested that specialist surgeons and high volume centres have fewer "negative" appendicectomies (i.e. the appendix found to be non-diseased), although there has not been consistent association found between hospital type or surgeon experience and complication rate or admission rate.

Scotland has 3 dedicated children's surgery centres but straightforward children's surgery such as appendicectomy is also carried out in the country's general surgical centres. Appendicectomy outcome variations have not been explored in the Scottish National Health Service (NHS).

Aim

This study will compare appendicectomy outcomes in children between Scotland's specialist paediatric centres and general surgical centres.

Methods

This is a retrospective study of all appendicectomies performed in Scotland during the period from 1st January 2001 - 31st December 2010, on children aged 2 - 12 years old. It will use routinely collected administrative data from the Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland.

The study will compare risk-adjusted 30 day/in-patient mortality, 30 day re-admission rate, 30 day re-operation rate, post-operative length of stay and negative appendicectomy rates.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Edinburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ewen M Harrison, FRCS, PhD · University of Edinburgh

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

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