Appendectomy;

Abstract

. Objective: The purpose of this prospective study was to compare length of hospital stay, in hospital complications andoperative time between laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) and open appendectomy (OA). Setting: This prospective study was carried out atKing Khalid Hospital, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over a period of 26 months from July 2002 to August 2004. Methods: Patients wererandomly divided into laparoscopic and open appendectomy groups and length of stay, operative time and in hospital complications were noted.Results:60 patients underwent laparoscopic appendectomy and 65 underwent open. Operating time was longer in laparoscopic group but lengthof stay was shorter in laparoscopic group. Wound infection was the common complication in both group but it was higher in patients whounderwent open appendectomy. Conclusion: Laparoscopic appendectomy can be performed with morbidity similar to open appendectomyand may actually have decreased wound infection rate.

Obstructive Jaundice: Etiology and Pattern of Presentation

“…Similar results were shown by Tariq w.k.a. The most common presentation of patients with obstructive jaundice was female, with a mean age of 49 years (Khanzada et al, 2008). In contrast to our study, Gupta AK at EL showed that the most common gender presented with obstructive jaundice was male (Gupta et al, 2017).…”

“…Similar results were seen in Umeshchandra et al and Tariq w k at el. (Khanzada et al, 2008;Umeshchandra and Maitra, 2015).…”

“…Similar results were found by Tariq at EL, Africa Beckle at EL, Gupta AK at EL, and Siddique K at EL. According to these studies, the leading cause of obstructive jaundice in benign diseases was choledocholithiasis, with frequencies of 35%, 41%, 76.92%, and 35%, respectively (Bekele and Yifru, 2000;Gupta et al, 2017;Khanzada et al, 2008;Siddique et al, 2008).…”

Unilateral Thyroid Lobectomy as Day Care Procedure: A Cross Sectional Study with Literature Review on the Safety and Cost Effectiveness

“…3 Thyroidectomy, either lobectomy or total thyroidectomy, is the gold standard treatment depending upon the diagnosis. 4 The known complications include recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, dysphagia, dysphonia, seroma, compressive hematoma, and hypoparathyroidism. 2 5…”

“…After the introduction of T. Kocher's meticulous surgical technique in the beginning of 20 th century, the progression in the development of safer general anesthesia techniques, the development of fine hemostatic instruments and better antiseptic means and measures, thyroidectomy has evolved into a surgical procedure with low morbidity and mortality rates. 4 5 6 The frequency of thyroidectomy has increased secondary to the increase in prevalence of thyroid carcinoma globally. 2 Previously, a 10.7% morbidity rate was reported after thyroidectomy but, according to Lombardi et al, the mortality rate has gone down to essentially 0% and morbidity rates have declined to 3%; 5 whereas the mortality rate after thyroid lobectomy according to British association of endocrine and thyroid surgeons (BAETS) is 0.2%, majorly secondary to hematoma.…”