Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly: our experience

Alessia Ferrarese,Valter Martino,Stefano Enrico,Alessandro Falcone,Silvia Catalano,Giada Pozzi,Silvia Marola,Mario Solej

Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly: our experience

2013

Alessia Ferrarese
Valter Martino
Stefano Enrico
Alessandro Falcone
Silvia Catalano
Giada Pozzi
Silvia Marola
Mario Solej

Background Laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the world. We aimed to compare laparoscopic and open appendectomy in the elderly in our experience.

Keywords:

Appendicitis
Surgery
General surgery
Medicine
Retrospective cohort study
Laparoscopy
significant difference
acute appendicitis
surgical procedures
retrospective review

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