Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel

NCT ID: NCT04895163

Last Updated: 2021-05-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

117 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-01

Study Completion Date

2021-04-28

Brief Summary

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To Compare the outcome to acute appendicitis in foreign workers to the native patients.

Detailed Description

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This is a retrospective case-control study. The investigators identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all foreign workers and the control group was age, sex, and co-morbidities matched group from the local population. The investigators compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes.

Conditions

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Surgery

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Foreign workers

Foreign workers aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Laparoscopic appendectomy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic appendectomy performed for acute appendicitis

Local patients

Local patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Laparoscopic appendectomy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic appendectomy performed for acute appendicitis

Interventions

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Laparoscopic appendectomy

Laparoscopic appendectomy performed for acute appendicitis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women
* Patient whose pathology report of the appendix was normal
Eligible Sex

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Uri Kaplan , MD

Acting head of bariatri center, Head of GEJ surgical unit

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Emek Medical Center

Afula, , Israel

Site Status

Countries

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Israel

Other Identifiers

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106-18-EMC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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