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The present study addressed the popular beliefs in the Palestinian society. Popular belief practices were evaluated using an index of a 39-item scale developed by the researchers, and were administrated to 1,066 Palestinians in the West Bank, Palestine, during 2022. The sample population was selected via the stratified random selection method. Study findings revealed that almost three quarters of the participants (71.6%) experienced a moderate level of popular belief practices in their daily life. The study indicated that gender, educational level, age and the degree of religiosity were significant predictors of popular belief practices. The consequences of the study findings for practice were highlighted.

Acute appendicitis (AA) ranks first in the frequency of emergence of urgent surgical diseases in hospitals in Ukraine. In recent years, laparoscopic appendectomy has become one of the “gold standards” of surgery. Of particular interest in this group of patients is a gasless and with small amount of gas laparoscopy, in which the endosurgical space in the abdominal cavity is created with the help of endolifts, in which the abdominal wall is raised mechanically, without creating a pneumoperitoneum. Objective — to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of the use of various techniques for laparoscopic appendectomy of patients with a high risk of cardiopulmonary insufficiency. All patients with АA were divided into 2 groups: Group 1 — 72 patients with АA diagnosis, with a high risk of cardiopulmonary failure, who underwent open appendectomy; Group 2 — 85 patients with АA diagnosis with a high risk of cardiopulmonary failure, who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy with pneumoperitoneum and using laparolifting method of patients. The laparolifting was performed with the help of the device developed by the clinic for laparolifting on Zaporozhchenko-Kolodii. When analyzing the results of treatment of patients with IІ group, it should be noted that laparoscopic appendectomy, especially with laparolifting, may be the operation of choice in the treatment of patients with acute appendicitis. This technique is absolutely safe, reliable and affordable in the implementation of most surgeons. So, laparoscopic appendectomy can be performed in virtually all patients with acute appendicitis with high risk of cardio-pulmonary insufficiency with the avoidance of postoperative complications.

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