title: Single Incision Laparoscopic Assisted Appendectomy: Experience of 82 Cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) is one of the most recent developments which have been made in the field of minimal assesses surgery. It has potential advantages of less postoperative pain and better cosmesis, but at the same time, this procedure is time consuming and it increases the cost of surgery.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  In this study, we evaluated the feasibility, safety and potential advantages of single incision laparoscopic assisted appendectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Single incision laparoscopic assisted appendectomy was done in 82 patients who were diagnosed with acute or chronic appendicitis. A single 10mm incision made over right lower quadrant was used for placing two 5mm trocars and appendisectomy was done as in open surgery, after delivering out the appendix from the incision.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean operative time was 32.56 ± 15.5 minutes. Mean post-operative pain scores as per visual analogue scalewere 6.5, 4.2 and 1.2 on 12 hours day 1 and day 2 after surgery respectively. Mean length of hospital stay was 1.4 ± 1.2 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single incision laparoscopic appendectomy is safe and feasible.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Veer Chandra Singh Garwali Government Medical science and Research Institute , Sringar, Uttarakhand, India .
authors.forename: Abhay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Veer Chandra Singh Garwali Government Medical Science and Research Institute , Sringar, Uttarakhand, India .
authors.forename: Anant Narayan
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, Veer Chandra Singh Gadhwali Government Medical College and Research Institute , Sringar, Uttarakhand, India .
authors.forename: Desh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deepak
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, KMC , Katihar, Bihar, India .
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, KMC , Katihar, Bihar, India .
authors.lastname: Nandani
keywords: Acute appendicitis; Appendisectomy; Laparoscopy