Background Laparoscopic ... and open appendectomy in a district hospital. Methods A retrospective analysis of 230 patients who underwent appendectomy at the Division of General Surgery of the ...

Moreover, the smaller size of the laparoscopic incisions reduces the probability of infection, especially in obese patients. A limitation of our study is its retrospective nature. It also does not ...

This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other surgical tools through small cuts (incisions) in your belly. The tube is called a scope. It lets your ...

With an open appendectomy, a single incision will be made in the ... appendixes or those who have previously had abdominal surgery. A laparoscopic procedure uses several smaller incisions in ...

Laparoscopy ... days to a few weeks after surgery. Problems that can occur with laparoscopy include: Bleeding or a hernia (a bulge caused by poor healing) at the incision sites, internal bleeding ...

This was a serendipitous discovery; the scientists were originally looking at adhesive bowel obstruction after appendectomy ... to consider alternatives to surgery. They report, “The findings ...

Most patients are eligible to undergo minimally invasive surgery, commonly called laparoscopic or robotic surgery. Minimally invasive surgery offers smaller incisions, less pain and a faster recovery ...