Complicated appendectomy in XXXX in relation to laparoscopic vs open procedures.

@entity1 @entity698 @entity532 @entity2737 @entity86 @entity14305
The role of laparoscopic appendectomy in the management of @entity532 remains unsettled with reports of a higher incidence of @entity86 . Most studies on laparoscopic appendectomy in @entity1 have been done in the Western population. This retrospective review has been done to compare laparoscopic appendectomy with open appendectomy in @entity1 with @entity532 in Chittagong Medical Hospital, Bangladesh. Based on intention-to-treat analysis, there were 51 and 61 @entity1 in the laparoscopic and open appendectomy groups, respectively. Conversion from laparoscopy to open technique was done in six @entity1 . Distribution of age, gender and pathology of @entity698 was similar for the two groups. With laparoscopic appendectomy, the mean operative time was longer (112 vs 72 minutes, p-value is less than 0.005), while severe @entity2737 (2.1 vs 21 percent, p-value is less than 0.05) and mean postoperative hospital stay (5.7 vs 7.4 days, p-value is less than 0.005) were significantly lower. The incidence of @entity86 (12 vs 11.5 percent) and @entity86 (20 vs 11.5 percent) were not significantly different (p-value is greater than 0.05). This review has confirmed that the longer the operating time, the lower the incidence of @entity2737 and shorter the postoperative stay for laparoscopic appendectomy. There was no increased risk of @entity86 (Tab. 1, Fig. 15, Ref. 35). Full Text (Free, @entity14305 ) www.bmj.sk.
