Follow up by US Following Hospitalization With Periappendicular Abscess Refusing to be Operated on Within a Few Weeks.

US Follow-up After Appendicitis Attack.

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01795560

Enrollment

Registered

2013-02-20

Start date

2013-02-28

Completion date

2015-02-28

Last updated

2013-02-20

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Conditions

Disorder of Appendix

Keywords

Periappendicular abscess, Ultrasound

Brief summary

Follow up via ultrasonic abdoman after patients who were giagnosed and treated as periappendicular abcess and refused to be operated later on in the interval period . To ass what occured to their appendics ?

Detailed description

During the last 10 years patients were hospitalized and treated with antibiotics due to the diagnosis of periappendicular abcess. they were invited to be operate after wards -appendectomy, electively few weeks later on. All these patients refused to be operated. What happend to their appendics few months or years later on via ultrasonic abdomen view??

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All patients diagnosed in the last 10 years suffering from periappendicular abcess.

Exclusion criteria

* after appendectomy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Size and Condition of the Appendix.	6 months to 12 years following Appendicitis

Outcome results