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Presentation and Outcomes of Acute Appendicitis During COVID Pandemic

NCT05104346 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1945

Last updated 2021-11-08

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Summary

Acute appendicitis (AA) is a frequent cause of acute abdominal pain in emergency rooms around the world \[1\]. The lifetime risk of developing AA is estimated to be about 8% \[1-3\]. The severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has raised difficult situations for healthcare systems and organizations around the world, with direct and indirect implications for patient care delivery. COVID-19 causes a wide range of clinical symptoms, including fever, dry cough, myalgia, and exhaustion, with pulmonary involvement in many cases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and surgical care is unknown due to a lack of evidence. To see how appendicitis care has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study compares clinical presentation, investigative modalities, treatment procedures, and outcomes before and after the pandemic.

Conditions

  • Acute Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

appendectomy

open or laparoscopic appendectomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mansoura University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ayman El E El Nakeeb · Mansoura University, Gastrointestinal Surgery Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-31
Primary Completion
2021-03-31
Completion
2021-10-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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