Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Practical Advantages of Single-port Over Conventional Three-port Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial of 400 Cases
Brief Summary:
Despite growing popularity, practical advantages of single-port laparoscopic appendectomy (SLA) over conventional three-port laparoscopic appendectomy (CLA) have yet to be established well in pediatric population.
The investigators designed the randomized controlled trial to clarify practical advantages of SLA over CLA in pediatric population. The investigators compared conversion rate, intra-operative adverse events, operating time, wound complications, intra-abdominal complications, and postoperative hospital stay, changes in postoperative pain severity, and cosmetic outcomes during follow up period between SLA and CLA groups.