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Comparison of Outcomes After Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy in Acute Appendicitis

NCT03947372 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2019-05-13

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Summary

A comparison study was performed between laparoscopic appendectomy and open appendectomy in acute setting in tertiary hospital to access the outcome of postoperative pain and hospital stay. As the popularity of laparoscopic appendectomy has failed in major tertiary hospital due to huge amount of patient load in which open appendectomy was performed.This study was performed to prove that outcome of laparoscopic appendectomy are far better than open appendectomy and to increase the use of laparoscopic surgery in acute settings

Conditions

  • Appendectomy
  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Length of Stay

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Appendectomy

removal of acutely inflamed appendix

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Services Hospital, Lahore

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-21
Primary Completion
2015-08-20
Completion
2015-08-20

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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