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The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT05205681 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 313

Last updated 2022-02-03

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Summary

This is a retrospective observational study in the form of a cohort study evaluating the use of pre-operative imaging for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in a tertiary centre during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The study group includes all patients who underwent emergency appendicectomy for suspected acute appendicitis between March 2020 and February 2021, while the control group includes all patients who underwent emergency appendicectomy for suspected acute appendicitis between March 2019 and February 2020. The final histology will be used as primary outcome, as the study hypothesis is that increasing the use of pre-operative imaging will reduce the negative appendicectomy rate.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Pre-operative imaging

Use of pre-operative imaging or the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College London Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerardo Perrotta, MD · University College London Hospitals

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-01
Primary Completion
2022-01-31
Completion
2022-01-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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