Conservative Treatment of Acute Appendicitis in Children
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This is a feasibility study that will be performed at the Astrid Lindgren Children´s
Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. It will involve 50 patients,
randomized to either conservative, non-operative, treatment with antibiotics OR surgery. The
study will test an computerized randomization system, the availability of patients willing to
participate in the trial and the trial protocol. The investigators will assess the
characteristics of the patients who agree to participate in the study and those who do not.
The investigators will explore short term outcome and design suitable long term outcome
measures.