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 appendicular abscess were excluded from the study. Patients converted to open procedure after initial diagnosis and patients with other pathology in addition to appendicitis were also excluded. Patients with recurrent appendicitis and chronic appendicitis were excluded. The total number of excluded cases was 50. Data were compared with cases of open and three-port appendectomy.Results:The mean operative time was 43.94, 35.74, and 59.65 min (SD: 18.91, 11.06, 19.29) for open, two-port, and three-port appendectomy groups respectively. Mean length of stay in days was 3.02, 1.93, and 2.26 (SD: 1.27, 1.04,1.09) for open, two-port, and three-port appendectomy groups respectively. Surgical site infection was significantly lower (P = 0.03) in laparoscopy group as compared to that in open appendectomy group. Seven patients (4.63%) developed surgical site infection, 5 (10.63%) in the open and 2 (1.92%) in the laparoscopy group. Surgical site infection was 1.63% and 2.32% in two-port and three-port appendectomy groups respectively.Conclusions:For uncomplicated appendicitis, the two-port appendectomy technique significantly reduces operative time as well as length of hospital stay. It also reduces surgical site infection as compared to open appendectomy group.

Conventional Laparoscopic Appendicectomy and Laparoscope-Assisted Appendicectomy: a Comparative Study

“…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].…”

Port Exteriorization Appendectomy in children: An Alternative to Conventional Laparoscopic Technique?

“…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.…”

Apendicectomia videoassistida por acesso único transumbilical comparada à via laparoscópica e laparotômica na apendicite aguda

“…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.…”