# Early Versus Delayed Operation for Perforated Appendicitis

> **NCT00414375** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City** · enrollment: 30 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Appendiceal Abscess

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Operation on Admission
- **PROCEDURE:** Drainage and Interval Appendectomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00414375
- **Lead sponsor:** Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-12
- **Primary completion:** 2009-02
- **Final completion:** 2009-03
- **Target enrollment:** 30 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2009-03-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00414375

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00414375, "Early Versus Delayed Operation for Perforated Appendicitis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00414375. Licensed CC0.

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