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. 2017 Jun 1;2017(6):CD006476. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006476.pub3

Zhang 2015.

Trial name or title Open reduction of paediatric intussusception through inferior umbilical skin fold incision
Methods Study design: randomised single‐blind controlled; 2‐arm study
Study duration: 1 May 2014 until 30 June 2015
Participants
  • Setting: not stated

  • Location: Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China

  • Health status: within 48 hours of diagnosis of intussusception

  • Number (treatment group 1/treatment group 2): 60 (30/30)

  • Age: 14 years of age and younger

  • Exclusion criteria: clinical instability, severe dehydration, peritonitis, intestinal perforation, inability for air enema to show the intussusception, apex can retreat to the ascending colon or ileocaecal junction

Interventions Treatment group 1
  • Transumbilical incision intussusception reduction


Treatment group 2
  • Laprascopic intussusception reduction

Outcomes
  • Reduction rate

  • Operation time

  • Time to first oral intake

  • Time to full feeds

  • Complications

  • Actual cost

  • Scars

Starting date Date of registration: 26 April 2014
Contact information Wen Zhang
wenzhang09@126.com
Notes Randomisation procedure involves flipping a coin