APPENDECTOMY: Are Cesarean Section and Appendectomy in Pregnancy and Puerperium Interrelated?

• Sponsor: Amasya University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04876547
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 32
• Location: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 69
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0.5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

It is not known whether appendectomy for acute appendicitis (AA) increases the Cesarean section (CS) rate and whether CS increases the likelihood of AA and appendectomy in the early puerperium. In this study, delivery type and delivery outcomes and appendectomy during pregnancy and puerperium were analyzed.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Appendicitis Acute; Cesarean Wound Disruption With Postnatal Complication	Procedure: appendectomy

Detailed Description

This cross-sectional retrospective study was performed on 11513 women, delivered during 2015-2020. Inclusion criteria were patients submitted to appendectomy for AA during pregnancy and the first six weeks after delivery. Evaluating parameters were age, parity, gestational week at birth, delivery type, and babies' birth weight.

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 32 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Retrospective
• Official Title: Are Cesarean Section and Appendectomy in Pregnancy and Puerperium Interrelated?
• Actual Study Start Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Oct 1, 2020
• Actual Study Completion Date: Oct 1, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
In pregnancy Appendectomy in pregnancy (n=12)	Procedure: appendectomy; appendectomy performance
In postpartum Appendectomy in postpartum first six week (n=20)	Procedure: appendectomy; appendectomy performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. delivery type [5 years]

   vaginal birth, cesarean section

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Newborn weight [5 years]

   kg

Other Outcome Measures

1. Cesarean indications [5 years]

   Fetal distress, dystocia, breech position

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 45 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria: Women aged 18-45 years submitted to appendectomy for acute appendicitis during pregnancy or within the first six weeks after delivery were included.

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Exclusion Criteria: Cases with missing data were excluded.

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Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Banuhan Şahin	Amasya		Turkey

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Amasya University

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Banuhan Şahin, Gynecology and Obstetrics

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Banuhan, Assistant professor, Amasya University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04876547
• Other Study ID Numbers: AmasyaU
• First Posted: May 6, 2021
• Last Update Posted: May 6, 2021
• Last Verified: May 1, 2021

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Appendicitis

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 6, 2021