Clinical Significance of Appendicoliths in Elderly Patients Over 80 Years Old Undergoing Emergency Appendectomy

NCT ID: NCT06465927

Last Updated: 2024-06-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 130 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-31

Brief Summary

Acute appendicitis with an appendicolith is one of the most common abdominal emergencies in elderly patients and is more likely to progress to gangrene and perforation. This study aimed to analyze the clinical data of patients over 80 years old who underwent emergency appendectomy for acute appendicitis, to explore the clinical significance of appendicoliths, and to improve treatment strategies.

Conditions

Appendicoliths in Elderly Patients

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Clinical data collection

Clinical data of elderly acute appendicitis patients with an appendicolith who underwent emergency appendectomy were collected and analyzed.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who aged 80 years or older, who received conservative treatment for less than 24 hours before surgery, who had no peri-appendiceal abscess larger than 2 cm in diameter on CT scan, who underwent emergency appendectomy, and who had postoperative pathological confirmation of acute appendicitis.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients younger than 80 years, those with malignancies, and those with incomplete clinical or pathological records were excluded from the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 100 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

Zhongshan-HHY-04

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id