2010
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.70611
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A retrospective study of two-port appendectomy and its comparison with open appendectomy and three-port appendectomy

Abstract: Background/Aims:To establish the efficacy of two-port appendectomy as an alternative to standard laparoscopic and open appendectomy in the management of acute appendicitis.Materials and Methods:Of the 151 patients included in the study, 47 patients were in the open group, 61 in two-port and 43 patients were included in the three-port group. Only patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis were included in the study. Patients with complicated appendicitis like perforated appendix, appendicular lump and appen… Show more

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“…LA has proved to be clearly beneficial in obese and women of reproductive age group and in patients with diagnostic dilemma [6,7]. It is also gaining popularity because of shorter operative time, less postoperative pain, and lesser incidence of surgical site infection [8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…LA has proved to be clearly beneficial in obese and women of reproductive age group and in patients with diagnostic dilemma [6,7]. It is also gaining popularity because of shorter operative time, less postoperative pain, and lesser incidence of surgical site infection [8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Few studies about the port exteriorization appendectomy are available [6,9,[12][13][14][15][16]. Only three previous studies concerned pediatric population [6,13,17] Our study has a double interesting point; interest represented by the concerned population (pediatric), and the fact that procedure concerned both uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Two papers that compared the three techniques, using two or three access in videoassisted approach, also showed surgical time lesser on method video-assisted in relationship to laparotomic and to laparoscopic 19,28 . In video-assisted, the principal surgical moment is accomplished out of abdominal cavity and this detail contributes to reduce the time of the procedure.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%