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Comparative Study of Microwave Radiometry and Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis

NCT02108340 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2017-02-14

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Summary

This study will evaluate the use of microwave radiometry in a population of patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis and treated with appendectomy. The main purpose of the study is to report the results of microwave radiometry as a diagnostic tool in acute appendicitis and compare those results with the commonly used ultrasonography.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Microwave radiometry

Microwave radiometry of the right lower quadrant in a room temperature of 20-24 degrees celsius, in order to record changes in the temperature of the inflamed appendix.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hippocration General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Konstantinos G. Toutouzas, MD, PhD · Hippocration General Hospital

  • Evagelia Stamouli, MD · Hippocration General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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