Role of laparoscopy in complicated appendectomy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20163492Keywords:
Appendectomy, Open vs laparoscopic appendectomyAbstract
Background: There is definitely added advantage of laparoscopic operations in the form of lesser hospital stay, lesser wound infection, early work resumption, lesser pain and agony to patients. Most of the surgeons now prefer these minimally invasive procedures. Laparoscopy has become the number one choice of educated and affording patients.
Methods: This is a retrospective study of perforated and gangrenous appendix in the patients operated in our hospital during the last five years. The parameters studied were age of the patients, sex, episode number, duration of pain before presentation in hospital, operative time, conversion rate, wound infection, post-operative intra-abdominal abscess formation, stay in hospital and expenditure on surgery for disposables and antibiotics.
Results: It was seen that average operative time in open surgery was 67.5 minutes and 104 minutes in laparoscopic surgery, with a conversion to open in about 20% of the cases. Oral feeding in the open group was around the 5th day while it was around 2nd day in the laparoscopic group. Average hospital stay was also low in the laparoscopic group, being only around 5 days in laparoscopic group and around 8 days in the open group. Overall complications were also low in the laparoscopic surgery group.
Conclusions: It was noted that though conversion to open operation was definitely high but there were other advantages of laparoscopic surgery as well. Stay in the hospital, beginning of oral feeds, requirement of analgesics, wound infection, intra-abdominal abscess; pulmonary complications were less in laparoscopy group.References
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