A simple and inexpensive method for laparoscopic appendectomy.
Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) was introduced into clinical practice by Kurt Semm in 1983. Since then, a number of methods for performing LA have emerged in the literature. However, the majority of these modifications require costly equipment. In this short technical chapter, we describe a very simple and inexpensive method of performing this procedure without resorting to any additional expensive paraphernalia.
D'Souza
Francis R
FR
Department of Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside, UK.
Anwar
Muzaffar A
MA
Audisio
Riccardo A
RA
Memon
Muhammed Ashraf
MA
D001062:Appendectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes