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

NCT06465927 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Zhongshan-HHY-04
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 130
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Morbidity of elderly patients undergoing emergency appendectomy

  Morbidity of elderly acute appendicitis patients with an appendicolith who underwent emergency appendectomy

  January 01, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

• Mortality of elderly patients undergoing emergency appendectomy

  Mortality of elderly acute appendicitis patients with an appendicolith who underwent emergency appendectomy

  January 01, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

Interventions

Clinical data collection OTHER

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

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 80 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The patients over 80 years old who underwent emergency appendectomy for acute appendicitis at the Department of Emergency Surgery of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, from January 2016 to March 2023.

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital: lead

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 14, 2024
• First Posted: June 20, 2024
• Study Start: July 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: June 20, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06