Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
ISSN: 2165-7548
Eduardo Godoy Castro
Brazil
Case Report
Transumbilical Laparoscopic Assisted Appendectomy Compared with Transumbilical Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Acute Appendicitis- Analysis of 1000 Cases
Author(s): Geraldo José de Souza Lima, Rodrigo Fabiano Guedes Leite, Gustavo Munayer Abras, Livio José Suretti Pires, Eduardo Godoy Castro and Alcino Lázaro SilvaGeraldo José de Souza Lima, Rodrigo Fabiano Guedes Leite, Gustavo Munayer Abras, Livio José Suretti Pires, Eduardo Godoy Castro and Alcino Lázaro Silva
Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common cause of acute abdominal surgery. The available scientific evidence does not show consensus of opinion about the best access route for the treatment of AA. Aim: To compare the techniques Laparoscopic Appendectomy (LA) and Transumbilical Laparoscpoic Assisted Appendectomy (TULAA). Methods: This is a retrospective study comparing two series with 1000 patients. Variables were: operative time, hospital stay, postoperative complications, postoperative pain, earlier return to daily activities, conversion in relation to the type of operation and motive of the conversion. Results: The averaged surgical time was 75.5 minutes in LA and 51.7 minutes in TULAA. The incidence of postoperative pain showed no statistically significant difference. General complications had incidence of 9.6% in LA and 7.6% in TULAA. Regarding to wound infection the.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000337