NCT06153030

Unexpected Diagnosis in Right Lower Quadrant Pain: Right Colon Diverticulitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

BACKGROUND: Acute right lower quadrant pain is a common symptom in emergency departments. The most common etiology is thought to be acute appendicitis. Other etiologies may be overlooked. Acute right colon diverticulitis is one of them. It is usually seen in male and young patients. It is more common in Asian population and rare in Western countries. Ultrasonography (USG) and computed tomography (CT) are used for radiologic diagnosis. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnosis, treatment and surgical management of right colon diverticulitis.

Detailed description

DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis SETTING: Research and training hospital (Tertiary care center) In our study, patients hospitalized in our hospital clinic between 2018 and 2022 with the diagnosis of right colon diverticulitis were retrospectively analyzed. Age, gender, WSES grade, whether surgery was performed or not, laboratory values, iv antibiotherapies given, length of hospitalization and mortality were evaluated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The CRP, the need for surgical intervention vs conservative treatment .

Conditions

• Diverticulitis, Colonic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	no intervention	No intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-31
• Completion: 2023-06-15
• First posted: 2023-12-01
• Last updated: 2023-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)