Retrospective Acute Care Appendectomy Study
ConditionAcute Appendicitis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age22+
SponsorIntuitive Surgical
About this trial
The purpose of this retrospective study is to compare perioperative data for subjects who have undergone an emergent or urgent robotic-assisted or laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Subject is 22 years of age or older at time of procedure
Subject has undergone robotic-assisted or laparoscopic emergent or urgent appendectomy for acute appendicitis between 2018 and 30 days prior to IRB approval
Disqualifiers
Subject with appendiceal neoplasms
Subject who underwent a single-port appendectomy
Subject who was pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of the procedure
Trial population
Approximately 500 patients who have undergone laparoscopic emergent or urgent appendectomies and approximately 500 patients who have undergone robotic-assisted emergent or urgent appendectomies for acute appendicitis in a reverse chronological order from 30 days prior to IRB approval going back to 2018, will be included in this study.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Appendectomy
Procedure/SurgeryRobotic-assisted or laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis.
Treatment groups
1,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Robotic-assisted appendectomy subjects1 intervention
Group B: Laparoscopic appendectomy subjects1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Operative time
Time frame
Intraoperative2
Procedure time
Time frame
Intraoperative3
Conversion
Time frame
Intraoperative4
Adverse events
Time frame
Intraoperative and postoperative out to 30 days from procedure dateSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov