A PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVESTUDY OF OPEN VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY: A SINGLE UNIT STUDY

Introduction: Acute appendicitis is the most common general surgical emergency. Appendicectomy treatment of choice for acute and commonly performed emergency abdominal operation. Open appendectomy found safe effective operation with low morbidity but to be associated post operative pain, wound infection complications like intestinal obstruction which may delay recovery. Laparoscopic emerged as a good option appendicitis. The purpose this study was compare laparoscopic versus open approach among patients in our centre. Materials And Methods: This prospective 100 clinically diagnosed admitted department General Surgery, Unit II, Zoram Medical College period two years during November 2019 October 2021. They were divided into groups - Appendectomy (OA) group (LA) 50 each. Age ranges from 10yrs 75yrs. Exclusion criteria pregnant female, chronic medical problems, haemodynamically unstable or psychiatric illness, cirrhosis, coagulation disorders, on steroid, immuno-compromised patients, chemotherapy malignancy those who are not willing participate. OA through standard Mc Burney incision. LA 3 ports technique. Results: presentation pain followed by nausea/vomiting younger age 10-20 years. Appendectomy. has more acceptable cosmetic result, shorter hospital stay less postoperative pain. score significantly reduced (3.2+-1.4) (4.1+-1.8). Conclusion: OA.