Appendectomy

BACKGROUND Appendectomy has been the treatment for acute appendicitis for over 120 years. Antibiotic treatment has occasionally… (More)

SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA The value of laparoscopy in appendicitis is not established. Studies suffer from multiple limitations… (More)

OBJECTIVE To compare length of hospital stay, in-hospital complications, in-hospital mortality, and rate of routine discharge… (More)

OBJECTIVE To study mortality after appendectomy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA The management of patients with suspected appendicitis… (More)

BACKGROUND Despite many randomized controlled trials, the merits of laparoscopic appendectomy remain unclear. A meta-analysis may… (More)

Laparoscopic appendectomy is a safe alternative to open appendectomy to treat appendicitis. The author reports his experience in… (More)

BACKGROUND While the advantages of laparoscopic cholecystectomy are clear, the benefits of laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) are… (More)

n = 79) or an open appendectomy ( n = 72) showed no difference in sex, age, American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) rating, or… (More)

The surgical outcome of the first 25 patients in whom the Pelosi single-puncture laparoscopic appendectomy technique was employed… (More)

These newly developed endoscopic methods in gynaecology for haemostasis during surgical pelviscopy (Endocoagulation Roeder-loop… (More)