Author: Samuel Matei Coauthor: S ă s ă ran Vladu;Anita Kardos Coordinators: Medical Doctor Muresan Mircea Medical Doctor Petrisor Marius Daniel Coordinators: Medical Doctor Muresan Mircea Medical Doctor Petrisor Marius Daniel
Background 4000 years ago in Ancient Egypt. removed when inflamed appendectomy.html
Alvarado A. A practical score for the early diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Ann Emerg Med. May 1986;15(5):557-64
first laparoscopic appendectomy in 1980 by Kurt Semm Larson’s reasons for laparoscopic appendectomy 2007 study developed in Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital on 1133 patients Laparoscopic approach is preferable Larson GM, Cheadle WG, Polk HC Jr. Appendectomy for acute appendicitis. In Ballantyne GH, Leahy PF and Modlin IM, eds. Laparoscopic Surgery. Philadelphia: WB Saunders and Company; 1994:220.
Objective Sex Surgery lenght Days of hospitalization Comparison between the methods, taking in consideration:
Material and Method retrospective study Department Chirurgie 2, Spitalul Clinic Judeean de Urgen ă Tîrgu-Mure January January 2015 data: sex, surgery lenght (minutes), days of hospitalization, surgery method
72Female(31)L(23)C(8)Male(41)L(27)C(14) Results:
Unpaired t test(p=0,002) Surgery lenght(minutes)
Mann-Whitney statistical test(p=0,003)
Limitations of this study: Small number of cases We only had the information from the medical history
Conclusion Disadvantages of laparoscopic appendectomy general anesthesia gas embolism risk of injury to the aorta port-site hernias
Advantages of the laparoscopic appendectomy: Shorter operator time Shorter hospitalization Lesser post-operative complications More esthetical wound a faster recovery and return to a normal activity reduced tissue trauma good exposure in obese patients