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Trial on Postoperative Outcomes According to the Number of Trocar During Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Prospective Randomized Trial on the Assessment of Postoperative Outcomes According to the Number of Trocar During Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00816933
Enrollment
140
Registered
2009-01-05
Start date
2009-01-31
Completion date
2010-01-31
Last updated
2009-01-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Appendicitis, Complications, Pain

Keywords

pain, operative times, complication, time to return for normal life, pain using VAS score

Brief summary

Appendicitis is the most common benign inflammatory disease that requires an operation. Laparoscopic appendectomy using three trocar is generally performed, and reveals good surgical outcomes incluing less pain, early recovey, cosmetic effect et al. However, with using three trocar, there are some problems including pain around trocar insertion sites(three portions), wound infecton and scar at trocar insertion sites. For these reasons, more minimal invasive appendectomy is required, with development of laparoscopic instrument,eventually one port sppectomy is developed. So, the investigators assess post-operative Outcomes according to the Number of Trocar.

Interventions

PROCEDUREappendectomy

appendectomy according to the number of trocar

Sponsors

The Catholic University of Korea
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Appendicitis (clinical or radilogical diagnosis) * ASA \< 4

Exclusion criteria

* Appendicitis with palpable mass( clinical or radilogical diagnosis) * Patient has bleeding tendency * Pregnant

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
post-operative painFor 7days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
cosmetic effectfor 14days

Countries

South Korea

Contacts

Primary ContactWook Kim, professor
kimwook@catholic.ac.kr+82-32-340-7022
Backup ContactJunhyun Lee, Instructor
surgeryjun@catholi.ac.kr+82-32-340-7026

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026