Appendectomy is one most common procedure in emergency cases . laparoscopic
surgery has many features and development which lead courageously to appendectomy by
laparoscopic procedure.
This study was conducted on 60 patients who underwent laparosc
opic appendectomy
at Al-Assad university hospital between 2014-2016.
The average age of patients was 38 years – the proportion of meals was 58,3 % and
females was 61,4 %. The mean surgical operation time was 105 minutes .
Normal appendectomy proportion was 13,3 % . Acute appendectomy without
perforation was 75 % . The proportion for gangrenous appendectomy with perforation was
11,6 % ,
The proportion for conversions to open surgery was 16,6 % . Post operation
complications were as follows : wound infection : 6,66 % - intra abdominal abscess :5 % -
Bowel obstruction :1,66 % .
Analysis of the results revealed that the rates are within the internationally accepted
rates .
We concluded that this surgery is safe and has many features and a little
complications . We recommend applying this surgery in our hospitals .
