Retrospective Acute Care Appendectomy Study

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Appendectomy: Robotic-assisted or laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis.

Study summary

The purpose of this retrospective study is to compare perioperative data for subjects who have undergone an emergent or urgent robotic-assisted or laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Operative time — Intraoperative
• Procedure time — Intraoperative
• Conversion — Intraoperative
• Adverse events — Intraoperative and postoperative out to 30 days from procedure date
• Mortality rate through 30 days — Intraoperative and postoperative out to 30 days from procedure date
  All cause
• Unplanned procedure-related readmission rate through 30 days — Discharge through 30 days
• Concomitant procedures — Intraoperative
• Estimated blood loss — Intraoperative
• Severity of appendicitis — Preoperative
• Unplanned procedure-related reoperation rate through 30 days — Postoperative through 30 days
• Length of stay — Start of procedure to discharge from the hospital (check-out time), up to approximately one week
  Total number of days the subject stayed in the hospital after the index procedure prior to being discharged.
• Discharge disposition — Discharge from the hospital (check-out time), up to approximately one week.
  Where the subject was discharged to when released from the hospital
• Blood Transfusion — Intraoperative and discharge from the hospital (check-out time), up to approximately one week.
  Any occurrence of blood transfusion either at the time of the procedure or at any point during the post-procedure hospitalization until the participant is discharged.

Trial sites (3)

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