Paiboon Sookpotarom and Kobkool Chakrapan Na Ayudhya

DOI: 10.14456/sjst-psu.2021.181

pp. 1387 - 1391

Abstract

Ambulatory surgery for acute appendicitis operated on by open technique has not been yet mentioned before. The
authors reviewed a preliminary result of children treated with open appendectomy. The records of 33 consecutive children with
acute appendicitis between 2017 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Of them, 25 who underwent appendectomy were either
inflammatory or suppurative. Mean age was 115.92 ± 33.82 months. Wound averaged 2.02 ± 0.48 centimetres in length. The
average operative time was 37 ± 18.6 minutes. Mean length of hospital stay (LOS) was 21.84 ± 16.2 hours. There were 4 and 16
patients who had a LOS of less than 12 and between 12 and 24, respectively. A small proportion of the patients could meet
ambulatory surgery’s criteria. The time at which patients presented to the surgeon causing the operation completed at night and a
prolonged duration prior to consultation were the major hurdles in the study.

Keywords

• ambulatory surgery
• appendicitis
• appendectomy