INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) during pregnancy by comparing the operative and obstetric outcomes of patients who during pregnancy underwent LA performed by an expert gynaecologic laparoscopist (LA group) with those patients who underwent an open appendectomy (OA) by a general surgeon (OA group). MATERIA...

Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in a young adult is an uncommon complication. We describe the case of a 25-year-old male who developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after an uneventful laparoscopic appendectomy for a perforated appendix, requiring mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit.

Appendiceal schistosomiasis is a rare disease of only histopathological diagnosis. Appendectomy should be followed by treatment with praziquantel to avoid complications. We report two cases of appendiceal schistosomiasis while discussing the place of this infection in the pathogenesis of appendicitis. Finally we recommend a routine pathological examination of any part of appendectomy for better...

Introduction: inflammatory masses of appendiceal origin are infrequent, represent 3% acute appendicitis. Its therapeutic management can be systematized in initial surgery or conservative treatment. the latter consists exclusive antibiotic therapy, associated with percutaneous drainage. it is an alternative to undertaking a demanding appendectomy, risk not identifying cecal appendix, visceral in...

BACKGROUND The controversy still exists about the timing of operation for appendicitis. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes between early appendectomy and delayed appendectomy and assess the feasibility of delayed operation. METHODS The medical records of patients with acute appendicitis who received operation between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, were retrospectively r...

Objectives: To prevent death from atrial ®brillation, a cardiac disease which kills by producing emboli. Atrial ®brillation causes about 25% of strokes and increases stroke rate by ®ve times. Over 90% of these embolic strokes are from clots originating in the left atrial appendage. This study addresses the surgical feasibility of removing the appendage to prevent future deaths in two subcategor...

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix of the blind intestine. Appendicitis remains the most frequent cause for an acute abdomen. Both interventions, the open surgical (through opening of the abdominal cavity) as well as the laparoscopic approach (via insertion of an optic system and instruments into the abdominal cavity through three small incisions), are used fo...

This is a retrospective outcomes analysis of pediatric open and laparoscopic appendectomy in a children's hospital. One hundred three children underwent appendectomy for appendicitis by two pediatric surgeons from August 1998 to December 2002. Patients were divided into two groups, laparoscopic appendectomy (LAP) and open appendectomy (OAP), and were further subdivided by diagnosis: normal (NL)...

OBJECTIVE This retrospective observational report analyzes the demographics, blood loss, length of surgical duration, number of days in the hospital, and complications for 821 consecutive patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy over a 11-year period stratified by incidental appendectomy. METHODS A retrospective chart abstraction was performed. ANOVA and chi-square tests were perfo...