Background Laparoscopic appendectomy is not yet unanimously considered the "gold standard" in the treatment of acute appendicitis because of its higher operative time, intra-abdominal abscess risk, ...

Appendectomy by laparoscopic surgery is considered to be advantageous compared with appendectomy by open surgery; however, higher rates of intra-abdominal abscesses have been associated with ...

The launch of laparoscopic technique has defi-nitely changed contemporary surgery. With accumu-lation of experience and progress in armamentarium technology the number and types of procedures ...

The inflammatory response after laparoscopy and laparotomy has been compared in studies in adults, but only a few studies have compared the immune response between laparoscopy and laparotomy in ...

Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a finger-shaped pouch that projects from your colon on the lower right side of your abdomen. Appendicitis causes pain in your lower right abdomen.

Surgeons removing an appendix in Pretoria, South Africa. With one in 10 Americans affected by acute appendicitis at some point in their lives—a whopping 300,000 a year—appendectomy surgery has become ...

Ten-year follow-up results showed that 37.8% of patients who received antibiotics versus appendectomy had a true recurrence of appendicitis. Overall, cumulative complication rates at 10 years were ...

In our study we compared the outcomes between laparoscopic and open appendectomy for treatment of acute appendicitis performed in a district hospital. Our results show that laparoscopic appendectomy ...