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Smaller tools, less pain? new study tests 'low-impact' appendix surgery

NCT ID NCT04614519

Symptom relief Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a newer, gentler type of keyhole surgery for removing the appendix. It uses lower gas pressure and smaller instruments than standard laparoscopy. Fifty adults with uncomplicated appendicitis took part, and the researchers measured their pain, recovery time, and painkiller use for 30 days after surgery.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Low-impact laparoscopy (lower gas pressure and smaller instruments)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a less painful recovery and shorter hospital stay for people needing appendix removal.
What could go wrong
This is a small, single-center trial with only 50 participants. The technique may not work for everyone or may be harder for surgeons to perform.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

50 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2021

Finished

Jul 2022

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 99 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: \- Patients with acute appendicitis uncomplicated by computed tomography with injection of contrast product Exclusion Criteria: * coagulopathy or thrombopathy * arguments for a complicated appendicitis: fever\> 38.5 ° C, hyperleucytosis\> 15,000, CRP\> 100, presence of an intraperitoneal abscess, a plastron, a fluid effusion of medium or great abundance or '' a pneumoperitoneum on the CT scan * History of abdominal surgery by laparotomy * Obese patients (BMI\> 30kg / m2) * minor patients * patients without health insurance * pregnant patient * patient incarcerated or in detention * patient under guardianship or curatorship * rapid sequence induction with the use of ketamine

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

appendicitis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Appendectomy Appendicitis

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHU de Nice

    Nice, France

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