Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2018

A prospective study of Laparoscopic intervention in acute Appendicitis

Dr. G. Kiran Kumar, Dr. D. S. Chakravarthy, Dr. K. B. Muralidhar, Dr. G. Arjuna, Dr. A. Suvarchala

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Acute appendicitis is one of the commonest surgical emergencies. Simple appendicitis can progress to perforation, which is associated with a much higher morbidity and mortality, and surgeons have therefore been inclined to operate when the diagnosis is probable rather than wait until it is certain. In the present study 100 cases of acute appendicitis those attended king George hospital from November 2014 to November 2016 were included. All cases were undergone for laparoscopic appendicectomy. Mean age of presentation is 25.92 years, ranging from 14 to 62 years. Pain abdomen was the commonest symptom (100%) with which patient presented. The other symptoms were nausea/vomiting (72%), fever (63%).  Seven patients presented with diarrhea. Laparoscopic appendicectomy was done in all cases. Acute inflamed appendicitis(48 cases) was more common in patients with early presentation. Late presentation leads to mass formation in 12% of cases. Our study reveals that the, laparoscopic surgery for suspected appendicitis has diagnostic and therapeutic advantages as compared to conventional surgery. However, conventional appendectomy should not be considered ‘wrong‘, because the difference between the two techniques is rather small and strongly depends on patient characteristics and the treating surgeon‘s expertise.

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Dr. G. Kiran Kumar, Dr. D. S. Chakravarthy, Dr. K. B. Muralidhar, Dr. G. Arjuna, Dr. A. Suvarchala, A prospective study of Laparoscopic intervention in acute Appendicitis, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-1 | January-2018

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