title: Laparoscopic appendectomy for mucocele of the appendix: Report of 8 cases.
abstract: Mucocele of the appendix is an aseptic dilatation secondary to obstruction. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice in benign mucocele. The incidence of mucocele of the appendix in our center is 0.15%, of a total of 6000 appendectomies over 8 years. We operated on 9 cases; laparoscopic appendectomy was done in 8 of them. One patient had pseudomyxoma peritonei, so open surgery was done. Other organs were also examined as there is a possibility of concurrent tumors. As there is risk of malignancy of the appendix leading to port-site metastasis we used a non-permeable bag to remove the resected specimen.
authors.affiliation: GEM Hospital, 45-A Pankaja Mill Road, Ramnathapuram, Coimbatore 641 045, India. rangy68@gmail.com
authors.forename: Muthukumaran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
authors.forename: Chinnusamy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palanivelu
authors.forename: Alfie Jose
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kavalakat
authors.forename: Ramakrishnan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parthasarathi
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome