ABSTRACT

The choice of laparoscopic technique in the treatment of complicated acute appendicitis (CAA) harbours debatable evidence because of higher rates of surgical complications such as postoperative intraabdominal abscess (POIIA). The aim of this study is to compare postoperative results of appendiceal stump (AS) ligation and its burial into the cecum using laparoscopic or open surgical techniques in patients with CAA.

This is a single-center and retrospective analysis of patients with CAA operated between May 2018 and April 2020. AS was intracorporeally knotted with silk and buried in the cecum with a purse-string suture (PSS). The patients were divided into open appendectomy (OA) and laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) groups. Data concerning demographic characteristics, intraoperative variables, hospital stay, surgical complications, morbidities, and postoperative findings were compared.

A total of 66 patients including 36 patients (54.54%) underwent LA and 30 patients had OA were enrolled in the study. Partial resection of cecum was performed in one patient in the OA group and two patients in the LA group with the help of a stapler due to cecal floor necrosis. The operative time and duration of hospital stay were significantly shorter in the LA group compared to the OA group. Surgical site infection and POIAA were significantlymore frequent in the OA group (p<0.001).

In acute complicated appendicitis, laparoscopic method can be applied as an effective method by closing the appendiceal stump and burying into the cecum with a purse-string suture.