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Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Abstract
Objectives: Laparoscopic appendectomy offering shorter hospital stay and time to work, less postoperative pain and better cosmesis gained worldwide acceptance and took its place as the standard treatment in the guidelines decades after the first report of laparoscopic appendectomy. In the present study, relationship between stump closure methods and postoperative infectious complications were analyzed.
Materials and Methods: Laparoscopic appendectomy cases performed for non-complicated acute appendicitis at a university hospital in a ten-year period were analyzed retrospectively. Three stump closure methods including stapler, polymer clip and intracorporeal knot were compared.
Results: Totally 391 cases were included in the final analysis. Stapler, polymeric clip and intracorporeal knot were used for closure of the stump in 191 (48.8%), 52 (13.3%) and 148 (37.9%) patients, respectively. Appendix diameter was found larger in the stapler group and smaller in the intracorporeal knot group. Other preoperative characteristics were similar among the groups. Nine (2.3%) surgical site infections including 2 intraabdominal abscesses were observed. Eight of 9 surgical site infections were observed in the stapler group with odds ratio of 8,699. Postoperative leucocyte decrease was found to be less frequent and leucocyte decrease was quantitatively less or absent in cases with surgical site infections.
Conclusion: Polymeric clips and intracorporeal knots are the stump closure methods we recommend being preferred over stapler use in cases of uncomplicated acute appendicitis. The course of the peroperative leukocyte count may be valuable in predicting postoperative surgical site infections.
Key Words: Appendicitis, Appendectomy, Laparoscopic Surgery
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Ethical Statement
Ethics Committee Approval: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Ankara University School of Medicine (approval number: I11-710-20).
Informed Consent: Informed consent was obtained from all participants in the study.
Peer-reviewed: Externally peer-reviewed.
Financial Disclosure: The author declared that this study received no financial support
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
General Surgery
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
August 31, 2021
Submission Date
January 28, 2021
Acceptance Date
March 3, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Volume: 74 Number: 2
APA
Kırımker, E. O. (2021). Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 74(2), 176-182. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.33825
AMA
1.Kırımker EO. Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2021;74(2):176-182. doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.33825
Chicago
Kırımker, Elvan Onur. 2021. “Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 74 (2): 176-82. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.33825.
EndNote
Kırımker EO (August 1, 2021) Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 74 2 176–182.
IEEE
[1]E. O. Kırımker, “Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study”, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 176–182, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.33825.
ISNAD
Kırımker, Elvan Onur. “Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 74/2 (August 1, 2021): 176-182. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.33825.
JAMA
1.Kırımker EO. Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2021;74:176–182.
MLA
Kırımker, Elvan Onur. “Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 74, no. 2, Aug. 2021, pp. 176-82, doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.33825.
Vancouver
1.Elvan Onur Kırımker. Comparison of Stump Closure Methods in Laparoscopic Appendectomies Performed for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2021 Aug. 1;74(2):176-82. doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.33825