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CompletedNCT04751214

New Technique For Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Zaragoza Technique For Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
148 (actual)
Sponsor
Israel De Alba Cruz · Other Government
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers

Summary

Introduction: Appendectomy is one of the most frequent emergency surgical procedures, currently with a preference for laparoscopic management worldwide. Objective: To report a new laparoscopic appendectomy technique and its results. Material and methods: study of patients with a diagnosis of appendicitis who are managed laparoscopically. In a total 1063 patients, 148 were operated on with the Zaragoza technique during the period from January 2002 to December 2018. The technique consists of making a window in the appendicular base between the meso and the appendicular wall, two prolene or silk sutures are placed, and the cecal appendix is cut between the two sutures, finally the mesoappendix is sectioned with a harmonic scalpel or bipolar clamp.

Detailed description

this is a retrospective study based on files

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREAPPENDICECTOMY

Timeline

Start date
2002-01-01
Primary completion
2018-12-01
Completion
2020-01-30
First posted
2021-02-12
Last updated
2021-02-12

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04751214. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.