NCT05205681

The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Retrospective Cohort Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 313 (actual)
• Sponsor: University College London Hospitals · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a retrospective observational study in the form of a cohort study evaluating the use of pre-operative imaging for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in a tertiary centre during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The study group includes all patients who underwent emergency appendicectomy for suspected acute appendicitis between March 2020 and February 2021, while the control group includes all patients who underwent emergency appendicectomy for suspected acute appendicitis between March 2019 and February 2020. The final histology will be used as primary outcome, as the study hypothesis is that increasing the use of pre-operative imaging will reduce the negative appendicectomy rate.

Conditions

• Appendicitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Pre-operative imaging	Use of pre-operative imaging or the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-01
• Primary completion: 2022-01-31
• Completion: 2022-01-31
• First posted: 2022-01-25
• Last updated: 2022-02-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom