Active clinical trials for "Appendicitis"

To determine if non-operative management with antibiotics alone is a feasible treatment alternative for pediatric patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis with an appendicolith identified on imaging.

Recent advances in laparoscopic instrumentation have made it possible to perform intra-abdominal operations entirely through a small incision that can be hidden within the umbilicus. The goal is to perform surgery with fewer incisions and no visible scars. Other potential benefits are faster recovery, less pain, and fewer wound complications. The term SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery) is being used to describe such techniques, and many have touted SILS as a major breakthrough in minimally-invasive surgery, moving the field closer to surgery that is bloodless, incisionless, and painless. Despite the hype, prospective comparisons of SILS versus conventional laparoscopy are lacking. Results of SILS procedures have generally been limited to case reports and small case series that lack controls. The investigators propose to conduct a prospective, randomized, single-center trial of SILS appendectomy versus conventional laparoscopic appendectomy to treat acute appendicitis. Primary end-points are operative time, complication rate, postoperative pain, recovery time, and long-term cosmetic outcome. The investigators hypothesize SILS appendectomy is equivalent to laparoscopic appendectomy with respect to operative time, complication rate, postoperative pain, and recovery time while providing a better cosmetic outcome.

Approximately 1 in 500 pregnant women require non-obstetric surgery. Surgical care for the pregnant woman raises concern for complications adversely affecting pregnancy outcomes. The most common reason for surgery is acute appendicitis followed by gallbladder disease. Despite the common incidence of non-obstetric surgery among pregnant women, little is known regarding fetal outcome and the impact of laparoscopic interventions versus traditional open procedures. Even less is known about the role of non-operative management of general surgical disease in the pregnant population. However, fetal outcome is not compromised by emergency general surgery condition interventions.

Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical problems in children, with 20-35% of patients having perforated by the time they present to a doctor. In these cases, the patient is often treated non-surgically with antibiotics. Once a patient has improved, it is not known whether it is better to perform an interval appendectomy (IA) or to continue a watchful waiting approach. The purpose of this trial is to determine if expectant nonoperative management (watchful waiting) is not inferior compared to IA management after successful conservative treatment of appendiceal mass at admission.

The purpose of this clinical study is to test the performance of low radiation dose abdominal CT combined with low dose contrast media for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in young patients. The main questions to be answered are: 1, Can low-dose contrast media paired with low-dose radiation CT of the abdomen provide acceptable diagnostic accuracy in acute appendicitis? 2. How much radiation dose can be saved by using low radiation dose abdominal CT in combination with low dose contrast media?

This is a randomized study of patients 2-17 years old who are diagnosed with perforated appendicitis and develop an abscess after laparoscopy that is subsequently drained. Patients will be randomized to either receive an 8-day or a 4-day course of antibiotics. The aim of this study is to determine whether duration of antibiotic treatment at discharge demonstrates significant differences in clinical outcomes.

Our data suggest that modulating the characteristics of light carries the potential to modify the host response to injury and critical illness and thus, improve outcome. The ability to modify the host response to the stress of major operations and sepsis carries immense potential to improve patient care. This study is an experimental investigation of exposure to blue (480nm) light in the setting of appendectomy for appendicitis, colon resection for diverticulitis, or treatment of pneumonia The exposure of interest is blue light applied prior to surgery and during the 24 hour period after surgery. For the cohort with pneumonia, exposure of interest is blue light applied upon diagnosis of pneumonia for a 24 hour period after diagnosis and then for a 12 hour period on days 2 and 3 of treatment of pneumonia. The control group is comprised of controls that have undergone a similar operation or treatment for pneumonia but without exposure to blue light. The outcome of interest is change in the inflammatory response after surgery for appendicitis or diverticulitis as measured by the following parameters: white blood cell count, heart rate, the development of abdominal abscess, serum cytokine concentrations. The outcome of interest is change in the inflammatory response during pneumonia as measured by the following parameters: white blood cell count, heart rate, and serum cytokine concentrations.

The objective of this trial is to evaluate the safety of the intraperitoneal administration of the combination of fosfomycin, metronidazole, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in patients undergoing surgery for uncomplicated appendicitis. Further, in a sub-trial the aim is to investigate the plasma concentrations of fosfomycin and metronidazole after intraperitoneal administration.

When the appendix becomes infected and inflamed, it is called appendicitis. Sometimes, if the infection and inflammation get worse, the appendix can die or burst, leading to a larger infection or even pus pockets around the appendix. This is called complicated, or perforated, appendicitis. Three common treatments for complicated appendicitis are appendectomy (removal of the appendix) right away appendectomy several weeks after the diagnosis treating the appendicitis without performing an appendectomy This study seeks to determine which of these three approaches is most cost-effective in children with complicated appendicitis.

For the past 130 years, appendectomy has been the standard treatment for appendicitis. Recent studies from Europe have challenged the notion that surgery is the best option, showing that antibiotics alone can treat appendicitis without a need for appendectomy in as many as 3 out of 4 patients and without safety issues for up to one year of follow up. Despite these results, it remains to be determined if the antibiotic strategy is as good as an appendectomy for the outcomes that most patients care about. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)-funded Comparison of Outcomes of Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial will be the first American, and largest-ever randomized trial of the issue and its results should help surgeons and patients make more informed healthcare decisions.