BACKGROUND Although laparoscopic appendectomy is widely practiced nowadays, controversy still continues about the advantages of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy. To compare LA with OA to determine the length of hospital stay, post operative morbidity and length of operation. METHODS A retrospective study carried out, between February 2009 and January 2012, involving 226 patients (111 mal...

HYPOTHESIS The results of a meta-analysis of individual studies comparing laparoscopic vs open appendectomy in older patients may guide the choice of surgical approach. DESIGN Meta-analysis. SETTING Academic research. PATIENTS MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases were searched for comparative studies of older patients with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis. MAIN OUTCO...

Background: Appendectomy intra-abdominal is the most frequently performed emergency surgery. This study was conducted to determine the role of postoperative antibiotics in reducing surgical site infections (SSIs) and abscess formation after open appendectomy. Methods: In the Department of Surgery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Babol, Iran, from October 2013 to October 2014 one hundred and fifty ...

AMA Erginel B, Karadeniz MS, Yuksel S, et al. Can serum soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor be an effective biomarker in comparing the inflammatory response between laparoscopic and open appendectomy?. Videosurgery Other Miniinvasive Techniques. 2023;18(2):351-357. doi:10.5114/wiitm.2023.128681. APA Erginel, B., Karadeniz, M. S., Yuksel, Ciftci, H. Izgi, D., & Ersavas, C. (2023). T...