Clinical outcomes of single-site laparoscopic interval appendectomy for severe complicated appendicitis: Comparison to conventional emergency appendectomy.
Masaaki MiyoShoichiro UrabeSatoshi HyugaTomo NakagawaToshiya MichiuraNobuyasu HayashiKazuo YamabePublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2019)
SLIA is safe, feasible, and less invasive than EA and may provide the advantages of minimally invasive surgery even if appendicitis is severe. SLIA may be a promising option for complicated appendicitis in select cases despite its disadvantage of prolonging the hospital stay.