Appendectomy in Children Performed by Residents in the Era of Laparoscopic Surgery

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01657565

Enrollment

390

Registered

2012-08-06

Start date

2006-01-31

Completion date

2011-01-31

Last updated

2012-08-06

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Conditions

Intraabdominal Abscess, Wound Infection

Keywords

LOS, Ileus, Fever, reoperation

Brief summary

Introduction: An increasing proportion of childhood appendicitis is treated with laparoscopic appendectomy (LA). The investigators wanted to elucidate the outcome of childhood appendicitis treated primarily by residents in a university hospital. Material and methods: All children (age\<16 years) treated surgically with appendectomy in our department between January 2006 and January 2011 were retrospectively identified. Readmission, reoperation or postoperative length of stay (LOS) exceeding five days were considered as non-satisfactory outcomes.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* age below 16 years. operated on suspicion of appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

* appendectomy for causes other than suspicion of appendicitis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Surgical complications	30 days

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results