Single Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy in the Community Utilizing Conventional Instruments
Single Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy in the Community Utilizing Conventional Instruments
There is a move to "scarless surgery" and this achieved by doing laparoscopic abdominal
 surgery though a single small umbilical incision. A technique for laparoscopic appendectomy
 done through a single incision utilizing conventional instruments has been developed. The
 operative risk of the single incision approach is no different that the standard three
 incision laparoscopic appendectomy. The goal is to study the operative time, length of
 hospital stay, and complications from this operation.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  all patients undergoing appendectomy for acute appendicitis

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  pregnancy