Emergency appendicectomy in the era of laparoscopy: a one-year audit.
| dc.contributor.author | Al Hilli, Z | |
| dc.contributor.author | Prichard, R S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Roche-Nagle, G | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leader, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | McNamara, D A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Deasy, J | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-07T08:30:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-04-07T08:30:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-12 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Emergency appendicectomy in the era of laparoscopy: a one-year audit. 2009, 178 (4):473-7 Ir J Med Sci | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1863-4362 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 19350346 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11845-009-0299-3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/127613 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Appendicectomy for acute appendicitis is the commonest emergency surgical operation. With widespread acceptance of minimal access surgery most appendicectomies are now performed laparoscopically. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to assess whether the rate of normal appendicectomy has changed following the introduction of laparoscopic techniques in our institution. | |
| dc.description.abstract | A retrospective study of patients having emergency appendicectomies over a 1-year period (2005) in a large teaching hospital was undertaken. | |
| dc.description.abstract | A comparison of data was made from a prior study performed at the same hospital in 1988. 196 adult patients underwent appendectomies during this period. The normal appendectomy rate was 10.2% compared to 22.8% in the previous study. This rate was twice as high in women of reproductive age as compared to men. | |
| dc.description.abstract | There has been widespread uptake of laparoscopic appendectomy in our hospital. This technique has reduced the rate of histologically normal appendicectomies due to intra-operative visualization of the appendix. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Emergency appendicectomy in the era of laparoscopy: a one-year audit. | en |
| dc.type | Article In Press | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. zalhilli@rcsi.ie | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Irish journal of medical science | en |
| dc.description.province | Leinster | |
| html.description.abstract | Appendicectomy for acute appendicitis is the commonest emergency surgical operation. With widespread acceptance of minimal access surgery most appendicectomies are now performed laparoscopically. | |
| html.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to assess whether the rate of normal appendicectomy has changed following the introduction of laparoscopic techniques in our institution. | |
| html.description.abstract | A retrospective study of patients having emergency appendicectomies over a 1-year period (2005) in a large teaching hospital was undertaken. | |
| html.description.abstract | A comparison of data was made from a prior study performed at the same hospital in 1988. 196 adult patients underwent appendectomies during this period. The normal appendectomy rate was 10.2% compared to 22.8% in the previous study. This rate was twice as high in women of reproductive age as compared to men. | |
| html.description.abstract | There has been widespread uptake of laparoscopic appendectomy in our hospital. This technique has reduced the rate of histologically normal appendicectomies due to intra-operative visualization of the appendix. |