Abstract

The advent of laparoscopy stands as an evolutionary change in medicine for the treatment of appendicitis. This procedure came into existence over 100 years with different modalities like single dermatome laparoscopic appendectomy and conventional laparoscopic appendectomy. Though these techniques exist, the advantageous of these did not came into practice and hence the study is designed.
Aim: To compare the outcome on patient compliance in single dermatome laparoscopic appendicectomy and conventional laparoscopic appendicectomy.
Materials & Methods: The study was conducted in department of surgery of our hospital for a period of 6 months. A total of 50 patients who are diagnosed with acute appendicitis were included in the study and are categorised into two groups (Group A receiving Single Dermatome Laparoscopic Appendectomy and Group B receiving Conventional Laparoscopic Appendectomy). Hospital stay and duration of analgesia were noted.
Results: The results of the study proved that, Single dermatome laparoscopic appendectomy has shown less duration of hospital stay and analgesia as compared to conventional laparoscopic appendectomy with p<0.05.
Conclusion: SDLA is found to be more advantageous over CLA