Purpose. To compare narcotic versus nonnarcotic outpatient oral pain management after pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy. Methods. In a prospective study from July 1, 2010, to March 30, 2011, children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy on a rapid discharge protocol were treated with either nonnarcotic or narcotic postoperative oral analgesia. Two surgeons in a four-person faculty group emplo...

Abstract Background Appendectomy has been suggested to decrease the risk of disease flares in UC, but we recently showed that even therapy refractory patients, appendectomy may improve symptoms a subset patients. Despite several hypotheses, effector mechanism this phenomenon remains unclear. In study characterized gene expression profiles appendices from UC patients either responding or non-res...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic appendectomy is a safe and feasible technique accepted by many surgeons as the gold standard approach for the treatment of acute appendicitis in children. Traditionally laparoscopic appendectomy requires the use of three ports. However, surgical techniques with fewer ports have been reported. AIM To evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic appendectomy in children accor...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) has many advantages over the classic appendectomy (CA), but this method has not been accepted yet in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Therefore, we attempted controlled randomized study in order to compare classic appendectomy with laparoscopic appendectomy and confirm eventual advantages of caring base of appendix with hem-o-lok clips regarding ordinary accepte...

INTRODUCTION Appendectomy has long been the mainstay of intervention for acute appendicitis, aiming at preventing perforation, peritonitis, abscess formation and recurrence. With better understanding of the disease process, non-operative management (NOM) with antibiotics alone has been proved a feasible treatment for uncomplicated appendicitis. This article aimed at systematically reviewing the...

PURPOSE Acute appendicitis is among the most common emergency conditions in surgical practice and appendectomy is the most common treatment. Single-port (SP) laparoscopic transumbilical surgery has emerged in clinical practice. The aim of this study is to describe SP laparoscopic transumbilical surgery procedure performed in three patients undergoing appendectomy. METHODS Three patients diagn...

PURPOSE Laparoscopic appendectomy is one of the most common operations. Single-site appendectomy has been gaining popularity; however, it has certain disadvantages. The purpose of this study was to review the results of an essentially scarless laparoscopic appendectomy technique. METHODS A retrospective review of all patients who underwent two-site appendectomy for appendicitis between Januar...

INTRODUCTION The diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis during pregnancy is still debated. While laparoscopic appendectomy in general has become the gold standard, this procedure has not generally been implemented for pregnant women. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the patient charts of all patients who underwent appendectomy during pregnancy in the period from 2000 to 2012. Open a...

BACKGROUND In the treatment of a subset of patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, no surgical method has been clearly established as superior. METHODS The present study was a prospective randomized clinical trial. Patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis were recruited for the study. Patients with a preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis were excluded. The patients were rando...

The aims of this study were to compare outcomes of appendectomy between acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and nonAIDS patients and laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) versus open appendectomy (OA) in AIDS patients. Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, from 2006 to 2008, clinical data of patients with AIDS who underwent LA and OA were evaluated. A total of 800 patients with AIDS u...