Active clinical trials for "Appendicitis"

Patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis receives antibiotics during the operation, and only patients where the surgeon suspects a complicated appendicitis with spread inflammation to the abdominal cavity receive antibiotics for 3 days postoperative. In a previous study at the surgical department, the investigators were able to show that the surgeon's assessment during the surgery of whether the appendicitis are complicated or not is very uncertain. This means that some patients receive antibiotics after surgery for no reason, and others might have benefited from antibiotics. The aim of this study is to solve this problem. By extracting some of the peritoneal fluid, it is possible to investigate whether there are bacteria or not in the abdominal cavity. Today when the fluid is cultivated, the answer will appear after 3-4 days. Therefore a new method is needed which confirms the presence of bacteria in the abdominal cavity within 24 hours. In this study growth of bacteria in cultivation is examined and determined within 24 hours. The study also want to use PCR analysis. It is a special technique, which examines the fluid from the abdominal cavity for bacteria and provide answer within a few hours. It is investigated whether it is possible to perform this method in the daily routine of the department. New research also shows that if patients needs antibiotics after surgery they can be treated with tablets instead of injection into the blood vessel. Antibiotic treatment with tablets will mean that the patient can be discharged earlier. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate whether it is possible with the PCR technique or cultivation to determine whether there are bacteria in the abdominal cavity of patients undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis or not, so that any continued antibiotic treatment after surgery can be targeted to the individual patient. The secondary purpose is to investigate whether antibiotic treatment with tablets are as effective as getting antibiotics into the blood vessel. The patients participating in the project will undergo the usual routine treatment and surgery. The only exception is retrieval of the naturally occurring fluid from the abdominal cavity. This will be done during the operation by special suction equipment that can be fitted to the usual operating equipment. It will not cause any discomfort or inconvenience to the patient. The technique of extracting fluid from the abdominal cavity has been used in previous studies of patients operated on for acute appendicitis. The benefit for the patient will be a more targeted antibiotic treatment so that both unnecessary treatment is avoided, and patients who previously would not have received treatment can benefit from this. For society a more targeted antibiotic treatment will mean less risk of developing resistance and less hospitalization.

Central South University in collaboration with Tianjin University developed the first domestically produced Chinese minimally invasive surgical (MIS) robot system which named "Micro Hand S" in 2013. Recently, as the domestic surgical robot research project's main section, this new MIS robot had been authorized to enter the clinical trial stage by the Ethics Committee of the Third Xiangya Hospital at Central South University.

PSP (Pancreatic Stone Protein) is a compound naturally produced mainly in the pancreas and the gut. There is evidence from experimental and clinical trials that the levels of PSP in the blood rise in the presence of inflammation or infection. What is not yet well known about PSP is whether it is superior to other established blood tests (e.g. WBC or CRP) in predicting appendicitis in patients that present at the emergency room with abdominal pain and a clinical suspicion of appendicitis.

The aim of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic yield and accuracy of bedside emergency physician performed ultrasound in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

The purpose of this study is to conduct a prospective observational study for the open approach and laparoscopic approach for perforated appendicitis. It is also designed to investigate if carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum will have unwanted effect when treating perforated appendicitis with laparoscopic operation.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the frequency of positive free fluid cultures in both perforated and non-perforated appendicitis. In addition predictors of positive free fluid cultures will be analyzed.

This is a retrospective chart review meant to identify any factors that are correlated with and may possibly lead to postoperative nausea and vomiting in order to predict need for longer hospital stays and potentially decrease postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Acute appendicitis is a frequent surgical emergency, with an estimated incidence of about 80,000 cases a year (in France). It mainly affects young adults but is associated with a low complication rate and a short stay in hospital. Ambulatory treatment is an innovative type of care in which the patient is hospitalized for less than 12 hours and does not stay overnight in hospital. Ambulatory care is based on the guidelines issued by three French learned societies (the SFCD, the ACHBT and the AFCA) and has been defined by the French government as a national priority. The literature data show that 20% of patients undergoing appendicectomy for acute appendicitis can be treated on an ambulatory basis. However, the success factors for short-stay care (hospitalization <24 hours) or ambulatory care (hospitalization <12 hours) have yet to be identified. The investigators thus intend to perform a retrospective study of data from the PMSI French national hospital information system, in order to identify factors that are predictive of a length of hospital stay below 24 hours in patients having undergone appendicectomy for acute appendicitis during 2013 in France. The objective is to define the population of patients that could potentially benefit from ambulatory care.

The investigators are studying prospectively the difference in axilo-rectal temperature in patients with acute appendicitis and using as a control group patients consulting with acute gastroenteritis at our emergency unit.

The aim of this retrospective study is to determine the percentage of children with appendicitis who were given analgesics or opioids in the ER, to reduce their pain.