Abstract
Laparoscopic Appendicectomy in Common Surgical Practice and Our Experience in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Bangladesh
Highlights
The laparoscopic surgery technique has rapidly spread because of its several advantages over conventional open surgery
Despite a lot of randomized trials which have compared laparoscopic and open appendectomy, the indications for laparoscopy in patients with suspected appendicitis remains controversial and clinical trials comparing Laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA) versus Open appendectomy (OA), a consensus concerning the relative advantages of each procedure has not yet been reached [3,7,8,9]
The present study was designed to assess the operative complications, postoperative pain, conversion rate and duration of hospital staying of laparoscopic appendicectomy in our surgical practice
Summary
In the very recent years, laparoscopic appendectomy is widely accepted for the surgical procedure of acute appendicitis. It is not clear whether laparoscopic appendectomy is more appropriate in terms of complications, post-surgical pain, conversion rate and duration of hospital staying. The application of laparoscopic technique for appendicectomy is expanding very rapidly and performed in almost all major cities and tertiary level hospitals in our country, but in our surgical practice, the reports are scanty and conflicting
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