Overview

Antibiotic Therapy vs Laparscopic Appendectomy in Pediatric Chronic Appendicitis

Status:
Enrolling by invitation

Trial end date:
2022-01-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

This clinical trial will compare antibiotic therapy with laparoscopic appendectomy in the treatment of pediatric chronic appendicitis in china. Enrolled patients will be randomised and an allocation ratio of 1:1 will be made via weighted minimisation, where half of the patients will receive antibiotic therapy with intravenous Ceftazidime sodium, while the other half will have a laparoscopic appendicectomy.

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Zunyi Medical College

Treatments:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Ceftazidime

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients were eligible if they were between 3 and 15 years of age, and they suffered
from chronic appendicitis.

2. US showing hyperemia and fecalith, ≤ 1.1 cm in diameter, compressible or
non-compressible, no abscess, no phlegmon or CT showing hyperemia and fecalith, fat
stranding, ≤ 1.1 cm in diameter, no abscess, no phlegmon.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Exclusion criteria consisted of (a history of) chronic back pain

2. previous abdominal surgery (with the exception of diagnostic laparoscopies or a
laparoscopic sterilization)

3. specific gastro-intestinal entities (such as inflammatory bowel disease)
4.gynaecological disease (all female patients consulted a gynaecologist)