Because of its low complication rate, favorable safety, cost-effectiveness, and technical ease, mono-instrumental, laparoscopy-assisted single-port appendectomy (SPA) has been the standard therapy for @entity698 in our department since its introduction 10 years ago. We report our experience with this technique and compare its outcome to @entity1538 ( @entity1538 ).The records of all @entity1 who underwent appendectomy at our institution over a period of 8 years were analyzed retrospectively. @entity1 baseline data, markers of @entity32 , operative time, length of hospital stay, complication rate according to the classification of Clavien-Dindo, and histologic grading were assessed to compare the 2 surgical techniques (SPA and @entity1538 ). The chi square test, the Student's t test and the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test were used to analyze the data and the comparisons of the mean values. A P value <0.05 was considered significant.Overall, 975 @entity1 were included in the study. A total of 555 @entity1 had undergone SPA and 420 had been treated by @entity1538 . Median operative time of SPA was longer than that of @entity1538 (60.8min vs 57.4min; P<0.05). Length of hospital stay after SPA was shorter than after @entity1538 (4.4 days and 5.9 days, respectively; P<0.001). The overall complication rate was lower for SPA than that for @entity1538 (4.0% vs 5.7%), but the difference of complications for SPA and @entity1538 was not statistically significant (P<0.22). SPA was successfully performed in 85.9% of @entity1 . In 53.8% of @entity1 with @entity698 , no conversion was required. In the group of @entity1 with @entity698 , the complication rate of    20% was independent of the surgical technique applied.With respect to operative time, length of hospital stay, and @entity260 rate, SPA is not inferior to @entity1538 . SPA is safe and efficient, even in the management of @entity698 .

Laparoscopy-Assisted Single-Port Appendectomy in @entity1 : Safe Alternative also for XXXX ?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'Patient'] @entity32 :: ('MESH:D007249', 'Disease') :: ['inflammation'] @entity1538 :: ('MESH:D005902', 'Disease') :: ['open appendectomy', 'OA'] @entity698 :: ('MESH:D001064', 'Disease') :: ['perforated appendicitis', 'appendicitis'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative complication']
@entity698 :: (MESH:D001064,Disease) :: ['Perforated Appendicitis']
