Background Laparoscopic appendectomy is not yet unanimously considered the "gold standard" in the treatment of acute appendicitis because of its higher operative time, intra-abdominal abscess risk, ...

Appendicitis The researchers found that 85.8% of survey respondents chose laparoscopic appendectomy for themselves, and 4.9 and 9.4% chose open appendectomy and antibiotics alone, respectively.

In our study we compared the outcomes between laparoscopic and open appendectomy for treatment of acute appendicitis performed in a district hospital. Our results show that laparoscopic appendectomy ...