Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy

Abstract EN

All patients operated upon for possible acute appendicitis (laparoscopic or open) in a single private hospital starting in 1995and ending when 50 patients (25 in each group) were prospectively completed.

Patients were compared regarding operative time, hospital stay days, returns to normal activity, and complications.

Operative time was more in laparoscopic versus open cases (79.6 min vs.

53.4 min (P < 0.000I).

The difference in return to normal activity and hospital stay days was not statistically significant.

There were four cases (160 / 0) of wound infections in the open cases and one intra-abdominal abscess (4 %) in the laparoscopic cases, respectively, Laparoscopic appendectomy offers no greater advantage over open appendectomy for the average patient with suspected appendicitis.