APENDECTOMY;

Appendicitis is one of the most common cause of an acuteabdomen in young adults. Open appendectomy (OA) has been the gold standard for thetreatment of acute appendicitis since its introduction by Charles McBurney in 1889.Laproscopicappendectomy (LA) was first performed by Semn in 1983.After its introduction laparoscopicappendectomy (LA) proved to be a feasible and safe procedure. Objective: To compare theoutcome of Open appendectomy and Laparoscopic appendectomy in terms of mean visualanalogue score of postoperative pain and mean operative duration in the treatment of acuteappendicitis. Study Design: Randomized clinical trial. Setting: Punjab Medical College andaffiliated Hospitals, Faisalabad. Duration: Study was carried out for one year from 01-01-2016to 31-12-2016. Subjects and Method: A total of 70 patients with Appendicitis were includedin the study. All patients were diagnosed clinically and confirmed with Laboratory findings. 35patients underwent open appendectomy and laparoscopic appendectomy was used in 35.Outcome in terms of pain and operating time was compared in both groups. Results: Meanage in group A was 27.74 years with a standard deviation of 12.040. Mean age of patients ingroup B was 29.26 years with a standard deviation of 12.650. Post-Operative pain using VisualAnalog Scale was 7.34±2.014 in group A and 3±1.94 in group B. Operative duration in groupA was 42.33±4.25(minutes) and group B had a duration of 34.48±3.5(minutes). Conclusion:Outcome of Laparoscopic appendectomy is better than open appendectomy in terms of painand operative duration in patients undergoing Appendectomy.