# Abdominal Drainage During Appendicectomy - Resources Down the Drain: A Retrospective Cohort Study

> **NCT04163211** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust** · enrollment: 76 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Appendicitis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Abdominal drain

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04163211
- **Lead sponsor:** The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-03-01
- **Primary completion:** 2018-11-01
- **Final completion:** 2018-11-01
- **Target enrollment:** 76 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-11-22


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04163211

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04163211, "Abdominal Drainage During Appendicectomy - Resources Down the Drain: A Retrospective Cohort Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04163211. Licensed CC0.

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