Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel

Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel: a Retrospective Cohort Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04895163

Enrollment

117

Registered

2021-05-20

Start date

2018-01-01

Completion date

2021-04-28

Last updated

2021-05-21

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Conditions

Surgery

Keywords

Acute appendicitis, Foreign workers, Complicated appendicitis

Brief summary

To Compare the outcome to acute appendicitis in foreign workers to the native patients.

Detailed description

This is a retrospective case-control study. The investigators identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all foreign workers and the control group was age, sex, and co-morbidities matched group from the local population. The investigators compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes.

Interventions

PROCEDURELaparoscopic appendectomy

Laparoscopic appendectomy performed for acute appendicitis

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

* Patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant women * Patient whose pathology report of the appendix was normal

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Percent of complicated disease	1 month	amount of cases defined as complicated acute appendicitis

Countries

Israel

Outcome results

None listed

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