NCT00816933

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
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Catholic University of Korea · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Appendicitis
• Pain
• Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	appendectomy	appendectomy according to the number of trocar

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-01-01
• Completion: 2010-01-01
• First posted: 2009-01-05
• Last updated: 2009-01-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea