Early vs Conventional Enteral Nutrition After Uncomplicated Paediatric Open Appendectomy

This clinical trial is conducted to see if after surgery of appendix(open appendectomy) in children giving oral nutrition within 6hours of surgery instead of older method of starting oral nutrition after 24hours of surgery improves the outcome or not which is the length of hospital stay(from the day of surgery until discharge) and to look for complications associated with oral nutrition (nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea) as well as return of bowel activity after surgery that is passage of flatus(gas) and stool.Participants after taking informed consent are enrolled in two groups,group A in which oral nutrition is started in 6hours and group B in which oral nutrition is started after 24hours of surgery and then see for the outcome during hospital stay until 1week after discharge on follow up.

NCT Number	NCT07016919
Lead Sponsor	Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore
Conditions	Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Children
Enrollment	88 participants
Start Date	2025-03-20
Primary Completion	2025-09 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-10 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-06-15