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[Complicated appendicitis in children: laparoscopy or Mac Burney incision?]

V Plattner1, P Raffaitin, E Mirallié

  • 1Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, Nantes.

Annales De Chirurgie
|January 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Laparoscopic appendectomy is safe for complicated appendicitis in children, showing fewer wound infections than open surgery. Long-term outcomes require further evaluation.

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