Is telephone consultation a safe, satisfactory and cost-effective alternative to outpatient review for follow up post emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy and cholecystectomy?

In patients who have received emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy or cholecystectomy, is telephone consultation at 10-14 days after operation more effective than outpatient clinic review in terms of patient satisfaction level, follow-up attendance rate, complication rate and cost?

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12616001142426

Acronym

MORPH protocol

Enrollment

178

Registered

2016-08-22

Start date

2014-11-26

Completion date

2016-03-02

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

In this randomised control trial, we aim to assess the possibility of replacing current outpatient post-operative follow-up after laparoscopic appendicectomy and cholecystectomy with telephone consultation.

Interventions

Post-operative review by telephone consultation at day 10-14 after operation. Telephone consultation will be performed by surgical registrars or interns within a duration of 15 minutes.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. All patient must be admitted under ASU 2.Emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy or appendicectomy 3. >18yo 4. Speaks and understand English 5. consented for study

Exclusion criteria

1. Intra-operative/post-operative complications -Return to theatre -Return to HDU -Not medically fit by day 5 post-op -Drain tube in situ on discharge 2. Choledocholithiasis 3. Patient received interventional radiological procedure

Outcome results