Colonic Resections in Patients With Suspected Appendicitis

Appendicitis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Risk Factors for Colonic Resections in Patients With Suspected Acute Appendicitis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00888888
• Other study ID #: HLS-2604009-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 27, 2009
• Last updated: October 29, 2012
• Start date: April 2009
• Est. completion date: June 2010

Study information

• Verified date: October 2012
• Source: Cirujanos la Serena
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Chile: Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Although many reports have been published on colonic resections in patients with suspected appendicitis and the diseases that cause the decision to resect the colon have been identified and their proper treatments have been established, there is no report on the risk factors present in converting a simple appendectomy into a major colonic resection.

The investigators aimed to identify the risk factors that lead the surgeon to perform a colonic resection in patients undergoing surgery for initially suspected acute appendicitis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 87
• Est. completion date: June 2010
• Est. primary completion date: June 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients older than 15 years of age

• Male or female

• Suspected of having acute appendicitis

• Converted to right hemicolectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients in whom a right hemicolectomy was planned initially

• Right hemicolectomy for causes other than suspected acute appendicitis

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Appendicitis
• Colectomy

Intervention

Procedure:
• Right hemicolectomy with or without primary anastomosis
During open classic appendectomy (McBurney incision) the surgeon decided to convert to midline extended laparotomy to perform a right hemicolectomy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Chile	Hospital de La Serena	La Serena	Iv Region

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cirujanos la Serena

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Chile, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Short-term survival		3 months	No
Secondary	Long-term survival		5 years	No