NCT00888888

Colonic Resections in Patients With Suspected Appendicitis

Risk Factors for Colonic Resections in Patients With Suspected Acute Appendicitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 87 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cirujanos la Serena · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Although many reports have been published on colonic resections in patients with suspected appendicitis and the diseases that cause the decision to resect the colon have been identified and their proper treatments have been established, there is no report on the risk factors present in converting a simple appendectomy into a major colonic resection. The investigators aimed to identify the risk factors that lead the surgeon to perform a colonic resection in patients undergoing surgery for initially suspected acute appendicitis.

Conditions

• Colectomy
• Appendicitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Right hemicolectomy with or without primary anastomosis	During open classic appendectomy (McBurney incision) the surgeon decided to convert to midline extended laparotomy to perform a right hemicolectomy

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2009-04-28
• Last updated: 2012-10-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Chile