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Impact of SARS-Cov2 Pandemic on Severity of Perioperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Appendectomy

NCT05178251 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2025-02-13

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Summary

There are 2 types of surgical procedures to remove the appendix : open appendectomy or laparoscopic appendectomy. About 60000 appendectomies are performed every year in France. Early diagnosis of acute appendicitis is essential to prevent the risk of disease progression, leading to complicated appendicitis and an increased risk for mortality. Data regarding appendicitis management in the literature are numerous. However, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the management of those patients has led to a decrease in the number of visits for acute appendicitis (ER), but a higher proportion of complicated appendicitis, probably due to the patient's delayed decision to go to emergency department at the onset of clinical symptoms. Complicated appendicitis may also lead to an overuse of antibiotics, a longer hospital stay, and a higher global cost for the health system. This aim of this study was to evaluate whether this hypothesis was valid for the regional NANCY-METZ area (CHR Metz and CHRU Nancy). The main research hypothesis was that the pandemic caused by SARS-COVID 19 was significantly linked to an increased incidence of perioperative complications in patients who underwent an appendectomy for acute appendicitis in this region (North-east part of France).

Conditions

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Appendicitis
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Appendicitis With Peritonitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

appendectomy

appendectomy for acute appendicitis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville

    collaborator OTHER

  • Central Hospital, Nancy, France

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • laurent brunaud · CHRU Nancy

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-17
Primary Completion
2020-12-14
Completion
2024-10-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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