Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel117 enrolled

Overview

To Compare the outcome to acute appendicitis in foreign workers to the native patients.

This is a retrospective case-control study. The investigators identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all foreign workers and the control group was age, sex, and co-morbidities matched group from the local population. The investigators compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

117

Conditions

Surgery

Interventions

Laparoscopic appendectomyPROCEDURE

Laparoscopic appendectomy performed for acute appendicitis

Eligibility

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Patient whose pathology report of the appendix was normal

Locations (1)

Emek Medical Center

Afula, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percent of complicated disease

amount of cases defined as complicated acute appendicitis

Time frame: 1 month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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