(HealthDay)—For patients with acute appendicitis, single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy (SILA) is preferable to conventional three-incision laparoscopic appendectomy (CTLA), according to a ...

Or the surgery can be done through a few small abdominal incisions (laparoscopic surgery). During a laparoscopic appendectomy, the surgeon inserts special surgical tools and a video camera into ...

Randomized Prospective Study to Compare Laparoscopic Appendectomy Versus Umbilical Single-Incision Appendectomy Frutos MD, Abrisqueta J, Lujan J, Abellan I, Parrilla P Ann Surg. 2013;257:413-418 ...

SILS appendectomy is a technically challenging procedure performed through a single small incision. Traditional laparoscopic appendectomy procedures are performed through several small incisions.

According to Dr. Kantsevoy, “Endoscopic endolumenal appendectomy is less invasive than traditional surgical, laparoscopic, transvaginal or transgastric appendectomy.

NOTES allows for appendectomy through the mouth as well as other procedures through natural orifices without abdominal incisions, although laparoscopic assistance is often used.

Unlike in standard laparoscopic transabdominal appendectomy, which requires several abdominal incisions, transvaginal appendectomy requires only two small incisions, one in the abdomen and one in ...

According to Dr. Kantsevoy, “Endoscopic endolumenal appendectomy is less invasive than traditional surgical, laparoscopic, transvaginal or transgastric appendectomy.