Appendectomy in Patients with Morbid Obesity: Laparoscopic versus Conventional Technique

08 December 2020: Clinical Research

Mehmet Kağan Katar ^ABCDEFG* , Murat Başer ^BEF , Pamir Eren Ersoy ^AEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928067

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e928067

Table 2 Data of operation time and length of hospital stay and complications.

	LA group	OA group	p Value
Operation time^*	52.88±14.31	65.41±15.37
Length of hospital stay^*	2.35±1.76	4.78±2.33
Complications
Wound infection (%)	1 (2.5)	8 (16.3)	.031
Intra-abdominal abscess (%)	1 (2.5)	2 (4.1)	.681
Pneumonia (%)	1 (2.5)	4 (8.2)	.248
Total complications (%)	2 (5)	12 (24.5)	.012
LA – laparoscopic appendectomy; OA – open appendectomy. ^* Data are shown as mean±standard deviation.