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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


Clinical Trial Description

Introduction:

Open appendicectomy has been a safe and usually opted mode of operation for acute appendicitis for more than a century, but since last 10 years laparoscopic appendicectomy is gaining popularity, although still not as popular as laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Comparison of these two is studied in terms of pain outcome as patient perceives and length of hospital stay.

OBJECTIVES:

The objective of this study was to compare the outcome of open appendectomy and laparoscopic appendectomy in patients with acute appendicitis.

STUDY DESIGN: Randomized control trial

SETTING:

Surgical Unit I, Services Hospital, Lahore

DURATION OF STUDY:

Duration of my study was six months after the approval of synopsis i.e 21-02-2015 to 20-08-2015.

SAMPLE SIZE:

Was calculated using WHO method of calculating sample size.

SAMPLING TECHNIQUE:

Non probability consecutive sampling.

DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE:

All patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria was admitted through the emergency after taking approval from hospital Ethical committee. A detailed history had been taken including demographic data (age, address). Patients was requested to sign an informed consent. They had been assured regarding confidentiality and expertise used for the procedure. All procedures was done by a single operating surgical team to control bias. All the data/variables was recorded on a specially designed Performa attached which are post-op pain at 12hrs and 24 hrs, post-Op stay and patient satisfaction score. ;


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NCT number NCT03947372
Study type Interventional
Source Services Hospital, Lahore
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date February 21, 2015
Completion date August 20, 2015

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