08 December 2020>: Clinical Research
Appendectomy in Patients with Morbid Obesity: Laparoscopic versus Conventional Technique
Mehmet Kağan Katar ABCDEFG* , Murat Başer BEF , Pamir Eren Ersoy AEFDOI: 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 | |
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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. |