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Laparoscopic Assisted or Total Laparoscopic Appendectomy

NCT02673528 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 451

Last updated 2016-02-04

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Summary

Acute appendicitis (AA), is a common intra-abdominal surgical pathology with the overall incidence of approximately 7% and mortality of 0.2-0.8%. Treatment of choice is the surgical removal of the inflamed appendix by using open or laparoscopic appendectomy.

Following laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) proved to be a feasible and at least as safe as the corresponding open procedure, it has rapidly gained worldwide acceptance. The traditional approach to LA uses three ports. Over the past decade, successful attempts to perform the procedure with fewer ports have been reported.

The authors' primary objectives were to 1) identify a simple, safe and feasible way to perform laparoscopic appendectomy in patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis. 2) determine the health related quality of life of the patients and calculate the cost per quality adjusted life years (QALYs) gained after the procedures (LAA and TLA). 3) Purpose a surgical algorithm when approaching to acute appendicitis with the consideration of quality of health and cost.

Conditions

  • Acute Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic appendectomy

Two types of laparoscopic surgery were performed. Total laparoscopic appendectomy or laparoscopic assisted appendectomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bahçeşehir University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Medical Park Gaziantep Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mehmet Kaplan, M.D. · Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2016-01-31

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