Open AccessAPPENDECTOMY;
Author(s) -
Tariq Wahab Khanzada,
Abdul Samad,
Waseem Memon
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2008.15.04.2926
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , general surgery , prospective cohort study , complication
. Objective: The purpose of this prospective study was to compare length of hospital stay, in hospital complications andoperative time between laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) and open appendectomy (OA). Setting: This prospective study was carried out atKing Khalid Hospital, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over a period of 26 months from July 2002 to August 2004. Methods: Patients wererandomly divided into laparoscopic and open appendectomy groups and length of stay, operative time and in hospital complications were noted.Results:60 patients underwent laparoscopic appendectomy and 65 underwent open. Operating time was longer in laparoscopic group but lengthof stay was shorter in laparoscopic group. Wound infection was the common complication in both group but it was higher in patients whounderwent open appendectomy. Conclusion: Laparoscopic appendectomy can be performed with morbidity similar to open appendectomyand may actually have decreased wound infection rate.