Laparoscopic versus conventional appendectomy--a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although laparoscopic surgery has been available for a long time and laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been performed universally, it is still not clear whether open appendectomy (OA) or laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) is the most appropriate surgical approach to acute appendicitis. The purpose of this work is to compare the therapeutic effects and safety of laparoscopic and conventional "open" appendectomy by means of a meta-analysis.

Methods

A meta-analysis was performed of all randomized controlled trials published in English that compared LA and OA in adults and children between 1990 and 2009. Calculations were made of the effect sizes of: operating time, postoperative length of hospital stay, postoperative pain, return to normal activity, resumption of diet, co

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2988072 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature