Elective laparoscopic appendectomy for chronic right lower abdominal pain; outcome of a prospective randomised double-blind controlled surgical trial.

Elective laparoscopic appendectomy for chronic right lower abdominal pain.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON21065

Enrollment

Registered

2007-04-12

Start date

1994-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

1. Abdominal pain (NLD: buikpijn)

Interventions

Appendectomy by laparoscopy or not.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Between 15 and 45 years of age; 2. Suffering from chronic or recurrent right lower abdominal quadrant pain for more than three months; 3. Experience of continuous pain, or should have endured at least one pain attack in the month prior to inclusion.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. (A history of) Chronic back pain; 2. Previous abdominal surgery (with the exception of diagnostic laparoscopies or a laparoscopic sterilization); 3. Specific gastro-intestinal entities (such as inflammatory bowel disease); 4. Gynaecological disease (all female patients consulted a gynaecologist).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome measure was pain scored by the blinded patient at 6 months postoperatively in the presence of the still blinded surgical resident.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The secondary outcome parameter was the relation between clinical improvement and histopathological findings of the removed appendices.	—

Contacts

Public ContactRudi Roumen

Máxima Medisch Centrum, Department of Surgery P.O. Box 7777

r.roumen@mmc.nl*31-(0)40 8888 556

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)