ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy2014
Transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy in children: Clinical and surgical outcomes.
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- The surgical outcomes and educational value of three laparoscopic approaches for pediatric appendectomy performed by surgical residents rotating through pediatric surgery and pediatric surgery fellow training programs: a two-institution retrospective study.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Article
- Factors prolonging the operative time for transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy in pediatric patients: a retrospective single-center study.Surgery today · 2025Article
- Transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy in children and adolescents: what have we learnt in more than 1200 cases?Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Is transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy feasible for complicated appendicitis? A single-center experience.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- ＜Editors' Choice＞ Advantages of gasless single-port transumbilical extracorporeal laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy in the treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis in children in China: a multi-institutional retrospective study.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2022Article
- Laparoscopic appendicectomy without the use of disposable materials - a low-cost alternative - 1,552 cases operated in 20 years.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2022Article
- Quarantine and Appendicitis: A Macro-Area Experience.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2021Article
- Transumbilical Single-Incision Laparoscopic-Assisted Appendectomy (TULAA) Is Useful in Adults and Young Adolescents: Comparison with Multi-Port Laparoscopic Appendectomy.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Two-trocar appendectomy in children - description of technique and comparison with conventional laparoscopic appendectomy.BMC surgery · 2016Article
- TULAA: A Minimally Invasive Appendicectomy Technique for the Paediatric Patient.Minimally invasive surgery · 2016Review
- Three port laparoscopic appendectomy technique with low cost and aesthetic advantage.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2014Article
- Is Transumbilical Laparoscopic-assisted Appendectomy Better than Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children? A Randomized Controlled Study.Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present and describe transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy in children, focusing on its technical aspects and clinical and surgical outcomes. The surgical charts of all patients aged between 0 and 14 years treated with transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy admitted to the authors' institution from January 2009 to September 2013 with a diagnosis of suspected appendicitis following clinical, laboratory and ultrasound findings were reviewed. Operating time, intraoperative findings, need for conversion or for additional trocars, and surgical complications were reported. During the study period, 120 patients aged between 6 and 14 years (mean age: 9.9 years), 73 females (61%) and 47 males (39%), were treated with transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy. There were 37 cases of hyperemic appendicitis (subserosal and retrocecal), 74 cases of phlegmonous appendicitis and 9 cases of perforated gangrenous appendicitis. It was not possible to establish a correlation between grade of appendicitis and mean operating time (P > 0.05). Eleven cases (9%) needed the use of one additional trocar, while 8 patients (6%) required conversion to the standard laparoscopic technique with the use of two additional trocars. No patient was converted to the open technique. Transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy is a safe technique in children and it could be used by surgeons who want to approach other minimally invasive techniques.
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