Clinical Trial: Preserving or Resecting the Normal Appendix in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopy Surgery for Suspected Appendicitis

U.S., April 9 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06917612) titled 'Preserving or Resecting the Normal Appendix in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopy Surgery for Suspected Appendicitis' on April 01.

Brief Summary: When appendicitis is suspected, patients are typically planned for emergency surgery preferably using a laparoscopic approach. Up to 20% of these patients will have a normal appendix, thus not suffering from appendicitis. Surgeons can either perform a normal diagnostic laparoscopy (leave the appendix in situ) or perform a negative appendectomy (resect the normal appendix). International guidelines recommend negative appendectomy based on weak evidence due to the risk of appendix cancer, but s...