Background: Globally, acute appendicitis is the most common cause of acute surgical abdomen with significant morbidity and mortality. Laparoscopy is a notable stride in the improvement of surgical care. Aims: To study the practice of appendicectomy in the tertiary hospital setting of a developing country to know who performs it, when and how. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study of all a...

Introduction: Emergency laparoscopic surgery in a patient with polymyositis is a challenging situation for an anaesthesiologist owing to the multisystem manifestations of the disease. There are several reports in literature which have emphasized the use of regional anaesthesia in these patients to prevent delayed recovery from anaesthesia, aspiration, arrhythmias, and cardiac failure. Case Repo...

Appendagitis is an uncommon clinical entity, often not recognised, and mistaken for more serious infective conditions. We describe a proven case of appendagitis which occurred after confirmed appendicitis. We postulate that this condition can coexist with appendicitis and indeed may be the result of coinflammation. This has several implications. Firstly, clinicians must retain an index of suspi...

Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), especially for appendicectomy, colectomy, and cholecystectomy has attracted certain attention. They have the potential to improve patient satisfaction from “scar-free” cosmesis, decrease surgical trauma and reduce post-operative pain, and may hasten recovery. This article aims to review the current evidence regarding SILS for these three commonly ind...