Oxygen Insufflation To Reduce Postoperative Abscess In Laparoscopic Appendectomy
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Official title
Single-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Oxygen Insufflation to Reduce Incidence of Postoperative Abscess in Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Brief summary
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Oxygen has inherent bactericidal properties. The investigators are testing to see if they can reduce the incidence of postoperative abscesses following laparoscopic appendectomy by insufflating with oxygen at the end of the case.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01531413
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 100 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2006
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2011
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2011
- Last update posted
- Feb 12, 2012
2006 – 2011
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | Santa Barbara | California | 93111 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 12, 2012 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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