CompletedNot Applicable

Patient Time and In-hospital Delay of Surgery Association With Complicated Appendicitis

3,137 participantsStarted 2006-12-01

Plain-language summary

This is a retrospective observational study with its main aim of evaluating possible factors associated with complicated appendicitis. Current literature supports time from symptom onset until registration as the main and maybe only determinant of the outcome if patients are operated on within 24 hours. We wish to evaluate whether this is true in all patients, or there are subgroups in which time from registration to operation is associated with complicated appendicitis.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * male and female patients of all ages who underwent appendectomy of acute appendicitis in a single medical center between December 1, 2006, and December 31, 2016 Exclusion Criteria: * interval appendectomy, * incidental appendectomy, * appendectomy after failed antibiotic treatment for either acute appendicitis or peri-appendicular abscess * patients with a non-inflamed appendix * those in whom symptom onset before hospitalization was not noted.

What they're measuring

proportion of complicated appendicitis

Timeframe: finding during surgery/pathology

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04689906

SponsorRambam Health Care Campus

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2016-12-31

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