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New recovery recipe gets kids home sooner after appendix surgery

NCT ID NCT05962320

Symptom relief Sponsor: Karadeniz Technical University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested a set of care steps called Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in 82 children who had their appendix removed. The steps included teaching families what to expect, avoiding tubes, and helping kids eat and move early after surgery. The goal was to see if this plan could shorten hospital stays and reduce problems like pain or readmission.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol (education, avoiding catheters, early eating and movement)
What this could lead to
If successful, this protocol could help children leave the hospital sooner and have fewer complications after appendix surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a small, single-center trial with only 82 children, so results may not apply to all hospitals or patients. The protocol involves many steps, making it hard to know which part helps most.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

82 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Oct 2023

Finished

May 2024

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

6 to 17 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥6 years and ≤17 years, girls or boys * Underwent appendectomy * Written informed consent or requirements of local/national ethical committee Exclusion Criteria: * ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists, ASA) score of ≥ 3 * Any comorbidity/contraindication that may prevent mobilization and oral feeding The withdrawal criteria: * During the surgery, the surgeon classified appendicitis as grade 0 (no appendicitis) or grade IIIB and above, * during the postoperative period need for intensive care hospitalization patients in the control or the mERAS protocol group were staying in the same room, * contraindications to the application of any intervention in the intervention group and/or the primary physician not approving the application of the intervention, * the compliance rate of the interventions determined in the modified ERAS protocol being below 80%, * the development of any other comorbidity (urinary calculi, intussusception, etc.), * the change in the type of surgery during the operation, conversion from laparoscopic to open appendectomy.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

anxiety disorder appendicitis Pain Vomiting

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Appendicitis ERAS Surgery

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Karadeniz Technical University

    Trabzon, Trabzon, 61080, Turkey (Türkiye)

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