BACKGROUND: It is not clear whether the laparoscopic approach does decrease the incidence of @entity260 after appendectomy. METHODS: One hundred sixty-nine @entity1 were randomized, 87 with laparoscopic (LA) and 82 with @entity1538 ( @entity1538 ). @entity1 in the @entity1538 group had a McBurney incision; LA was performed in the lithotomy position. RESULTS: @entity697 was confirmed in 75% of @entity1 . The appendix was perforated in 5 @entity1 of the LA versus 2 @entity1 of the @entity1538 group. No conversion to the open procedure was necessary. The median operating time was 35 minutes in the LA group and 31 minutes in the open group (P = 0.58). The median postoperative hospital stay was shorter after laparoscopic than after open surgery (3 days versus 4 days, P = 0.026), whereas the time required for return to work was not significantly different (14 versus 15 days). There were 5 (6%) @entity1 with @entity2737 following LA and 6 (7%) after @entity1538 (P = 0.67). Intra-abdominal fluid collections were found in 2 (2%) @entity1 following LA and 3 (4%) @entity1 following @entity1538 (P = 0.60). In the LA group, 3 @entity1 presented with @entity548 and another 3 developed a @entity8442 that was treated conservatively. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic appendectomy is as safe and as effective as the open procedure; however, it does not decrease the rate of @entity260 .

Laparoscopic appendectomy does not change the incidence of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity697 :: ('MESH:D000208', 'Disease') :: ['Acute appendicitis'] @entity1538 :: ('MESH:D005902', 'Disease') :: ['open appendectomy', 'OA'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['intra-abdominal hemorrhage'] @entity8442 :: ('MESH:D007418', 'Disease') :: ['paralytic ileus'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative infectious complications'] @entity2737 :: ('MESH:D014946', 'Disease') :: ['superficial wound infection']
@entity260 :: (MESH:D011183,Disease) :: ['postoperative infectious complications']
