Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute appendicitis

Abstract EN

Acute appendicitis is still considered the most common cause of acute abdomen in young adult age group.

Appendectomy is the most frequent urgent abdominal operation and often is the 1st major procedure performed by surgeons in training.

This study aimed to find whether laparoscopic appendectomy is superior to open approach or not.

This study was done in Al-Mawanee General Hospital in Basrah, Iraq.

One hundred and sixty seven patients were randomized into open appendectomy group (OA) and laparoscopic appendectomy group (LA).

Different parameters were studied to find which approach is the best.

The study showed longer operative time in the LA group, while there was no significant difference regarding the hospital stay, post-operative pain and post-operative complication.

In conclusion, laparoscopic appendectomy is not found to be superior to open appendectomy as there was no clear significant difference between them regarding the parameters used in this study.