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POST APPENDICECTOMY COLLECTIONS

PROJECT LEADS: Georgina Bough/Rheanan Buckle

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Contact Details: gmbough@googlemail.com, rheananbuckle@doctors.org.uk 

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Multicentre, prospective study of the management of post-appendicectomy collections in children

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Intra-abdominal collections are a relatively common complication of appendicectomy – the most common emergency operation in children. Management can be medical, surgical or radiological. Practice has evolved organically and there are no multicentre data describing current practice or outcomes.

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We aim to describe current patterns of practice across the UK and outcomes of treatment. We also hope to identify factors that may influence the choice of / success of one method of treatment over another.

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Methodology:

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A multicentre, prospective observation of the management of children with post appendicectomy collections managed in paediatric surgical centres across the UK. Eligible patients are <16 at the time of collection diagnosis, with an intra-abdominal collection following appendicectomy who are treated in a paediatric surgical centre. Patients with non-operatively treated appendicitis, an intra-abdominal collection after another operation or a collection in another anatomic space (e.g. subcutaneous) are not eligible.

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Data will be collected using REDCAP and contributors acknowledged in any publication.

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UPDATE

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- July 2023: data collection underway, over 50 patients in the database. 

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- The PAC study has been running in most centres for almost a year now! 

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- Please keep identifying patients who have a collection post appendicectomy to your local study lead. We look forward to sharing the results of this soon. If you have any questions about this please contact Rheanan.Buckle@alderhey.nhs.uk for more information.

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