Surgical Site Infection in Perforated Appendicitis After Peritoneal Lavage With Super-oxidised Solution

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study is to evaluate the effectiveness of peritoneal lavage with super-oxidised solution in reducing surgical site infection after open surgery for perforated appendicitis.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Malaysia
• Collaborator: Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients between the age 13 and 70 years

2. Diagnosed with perforated appendicitis intra-operatively

3. Undergo open appendicectomy via Lanz incision

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Surgical technique: Laparoscopic appendicectomy or mid-line laparotomy

2. Patients on steroid treatment and immunosuppressant therapy.