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Polymer Clips Versus Endoloops for Closure of the Appendiceal Stump During Emergency Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

NCT02726152 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2016-04-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators propose a study to compare two methods of closing the stump of the appendix during an emergency excision of the appendix using a keyhole approach. One similarly designed study has been undertaken in another institution but there were not enough patients recruited to the study to allow meaningful conclusions to be drawn.

Any patient over the age of 16 years whom the investigators suspect to have acute appendicitis will be considered for recruitment to the study. During their exploratory keyhole surgery, if the surgical team feels that excision of the appendix is indicated then the patient will be randomly allocated to either polymer clips or endoloops to the part of the procedure where the stump (base) of the appendix is closed.

The main aim is to determine if polymer clips shorten the duration of the operation. The investigators will also determine if there is a difference between the rates of complications, the time spent in hospital and the number of times the participants had to be readmitted to hospital within 30 days.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Polymer clips for closure of the appendiceal stump

Application of polymer clips to the appendiceal stump

PROCEDURE

Endoloops for closure of the appendiceal stump

Application of endoloops to the appendiceal stump

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Health Service, United Kingdom

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-31
Completion
2017-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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