title: A simple and inexpensive method for laparoscopic appendectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside, UK.
authors: Francis R
authors: FR
authors: D'Souza
authors: Muzaffar A
authors: MA
authors: Anwar
authors: Riccardo A
authors: RA
authors: Audisio
authors: Muhammed Ashraf
authors: MA
authors: Memon
mesh_terms: 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