ArticleSurgery today2012
Laparoscopic appendectomy as a teaching procedure: experiences with 1,197 patients in a community hospital.
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- Single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy versus conventional 3-port laparoscopic appendectomy for appendicitis: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Surgery today · 2015Pooled it
- Retrospective analysis of the incidence of appendiceal neoplasm and malignancy in patients treated for suspected acute appendicitis.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- The Presence of an Advanced Gastrointestinal (GI)/Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Fellowship Program Does Not Impact Short-Term Patient Outcomes Following Fundoplication or Esophagomyotomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2018Article
- A Population-Based Cohort Study of Emergency Appendectomy Performed in England and New York State.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
- Comparison of Appendectomy Outcomes Between Senior General Surgeons and General Surgery Residents.JAMA surgery · 2017Article
- Single-incision laparoscopically assisted appendectomy performed by residents is safe and feasible: A single institution, retrospective case series.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2017Article
- Single-incision laparoscopic surgery as a teaching procedure: a single-center experience of more than 2100 procedures.Surgery today · 2016Article
- Single-incision totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair as a teaching procedure: one center's experience of more than 300 procedures.Surgery today · 2016Article
- [Appendectomy in surgical residency. What has changed over the past 10 years?].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2016Article
- Laparoscopic vs mini-incision open appendectomy.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2015Article
- Analysis of endoloops and endostaples for closing the appendiceal stump during laparoscopic appendectomy.Surgery today · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeSince laparoscopic procedures have become more common, resident surgeons have to learn complex laparoscopic skills at an early stage of their career. The aim of this study was to compare the short-term clinical outcome parameters of laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) performed by resident surgeons (RS) or attending surgeons (AS).
methodsA total of 1197 LA and 57 open appendectomies were performed in a Swiss community hospital between 1999 and 2009. RS performed 684 operations. Parameters including the duration of the operation and hospital stay, intraoperative complications, surgical reinterventions, and a 30-day morbidity and mortality were observed.
resultsThe mean age of the patients was 35.6 ± 18.17 years. The duration of the operation was longer (61.34 ± 25.73 min [RS] vs. 53.65 ± 29.89 [AS] min; p = 0.0001), but the hospital stay was shorter, in patients treated by RS (3.92 ± 2.61 days [RS] vs. 4.87 ± 3.23 [AS] days; p = 0.0001). The rate of intraoperative complications was not significantly different between the two groups (1.02 % [RS] vs. 0.8 % [AS]; p = 0.6). The need for surgical reintervention (0.6 % [RS] vs. 2.5 % [AS]; p = 0.005) and the 30-day morbidity were higher in patients treated by AS (3.7 % [AS] vs. 1.8 % [RS]; p = 0.04). There was no postoperative mortality.
conclusionsUnder appropriate supervision, surgical residents are able to perform LA with results comparable to those of experienced surgeons.
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