Laparoscopic appendectomy is the standard procedure for acute appendicitis. Among the various steps of the procedure one of the rate limiting step is the ligation of the appendicular stump which can be done using suture material, metallic clips and hem o loks. This study compares the effect the using metallic clips versus suture material in the ligation of appendicular stump in terms of length of surgery and associated intra-operative complications. The patients included will be within the age group of 15-60 years, with BMI of 18-28kg/m2, and with acute appendicitis of upto grade 3. The data will be analyzed using SPSS a p value of \<0.05 will be considered as statistically significant.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
10
The group A patients will be having the appendicular stump ligated using the metallic clip, and assessed in terms of length of surgery and associated intra operative complications.
The appendicular stump in the second arm will be ligated using appropriate suture material and assessed in terms of length of surgery and rate of intraoperative complications.
Jinnah Hospital Lahore
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Length of surgery
The length of surgery will be measured in terms of minutes from the start of the pneumoperitoneum insufflation till the evacuation of the pneumoperitoneum at the conclusion of the surgery.
Time frame: Intraoperative
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