NCT01007318

Safety and Efficacy Study of Single Port Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Acute Appendicitis

Prospective, Randomized Study of Single Port and Conventional Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Acute Appendicitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 194 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kyunghee University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of single port laparoscopic appendectomy compared with conventional laparoscopic appendectomy in adults with acute appendicitis.

Detailed description

Laparoscopic appendectomy improved the postoperative functional outcomes in the treatment of acute appendectomy. In addition, recently single port laparoscopic surgery was introduced in the laparoscopy-dedicated center. When compared with conventional 3 port laparoscopic appendectomy, single port laparoscopic appendectomy was expected to be less painful, more rapid recovery of bowel function, and better cosmetic. In this prospective randomized trial, we tried to investigate the superiority of this new technique in adult patients with acute appendectomy.

Conditions

• Appendicitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Single port laparoscopic appendectomy	Single port through the transumbilical 2-cm incision
PROCEDURE	3 port laparoscopic appendectomy	3 trocars was inserted in infraumbilical, left lower quadrant, and suprapubic area

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-12-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2016-02-01
• First posted: 2009-11-04
• Last updated: 2020-09-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea