Laparoscopic appendicectomy – A negative impact on emergency operating?

Negative appendicectomy and perforation rates after laparoscopic appendicectomy

1Department of Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery and Transplantation, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland, 2University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and 3Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to: Professor U. Güller, Department of Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery and Transplantation, University of Be...

Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema after Emergency Appendicectomy

Negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) is a rare complication that evolves rapidly after acute or chronic obstruction of the airways. We report the case of a 24-year-old male patient who enrolled for appendicectomy. The patient developed pulmonary edema immediately after extubation. After reintubation and observation in the intensive care unit the patient was extubated and discharged from hos...

Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

A Study of Open Versus Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Background:Appendicectomy has been the treatment of choice for acute appendicitis. Since advent Laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA) has struggled to prove its superiority over the open technique. This is in contrast to laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which has promptly become the gold standard for gallstone disease. Open appendicectomy (OA) has withstood the test of time for more than a century. The...

Laparoscopic appendicectomy in children: A trainee's perspective.

INTRODUCTION The emergence of operative laparoscopy has brought a great demand for training surgical residents, but there are no clear guidelines regarding choice of procedure for training, proficiency assessment and accreditation. We aim to examine from a trainee's point of view, the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA) as a laparoscopic training procedure. MATERIALS AND M...