Feasibility of Outpatient Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens120 enrolled

Overview

The aim of our monocentric prospective in intention-to-treat study is to evaluate the feasibility of outpatient appendectomy for non complicated acute appendicitis.

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies and corresponds to an high number of admissions (about 120.000) in France. It mainly affects young adults and is associated to fewer complications and to a short length of stay. The notion of outpatient refers to a shorter hospital length to stay i.e. less than 12 hours without an overnight hospitalization. This notion came from 3 learned society recommendations' (SFCD, ACHBT, and AFCA) and has been considered as a national priority. There is no consensus about appendectomy in an outpatient setting.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Acute Appendicitis

Interventions

outpatient surgeryPROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Non complicated acute appendicitis which has been diagnosed at physical, paraclinical and morphological examination * Adult patient * Patient with sufficient understanding * Good compliance with medical prescription * Hygiene and housing equivalent to a hospitalization * Availability of an accompanying able to prevent the surgeon if necessary, to accompany the patient and stay at night next to him * Less than one hour from an health care adapted to the surgical structure * Quick access to a telephone * Patient affiliated with social protection Exclusion Criteria: * complicated appendicitis * pregnancy or breastfeeding * unstable vital signs or fever * objective signs of diffuse peritonitis * ward of court or prisoners * Discovery of a complicated shape (severe sepsis, abscess, generalized peritonitis) * Discovery of an alternative diagnosis * Performing an associated gesture (colectomy or typhlectomy, annexectomy...)

Locations (1)

Amiens University Hospital

Amiens, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

success of outpatient appendectomy

The primary endpoint corresponds to the proportion of outpatient appendectomy defined as the number of patients whose hospital length of stay is less than 12 hours. This endpoint will be evaluated during the consult 30 day after the surgery