Title
Comparative analysis of laparoscopic versus open surgery in appendicitis management
Authors
Ashish Kumar Shukla*, Kusum Mahour & Pradeep Rathore
Affiliation
Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
Ashish Kumar Shukla - E-mail: ashishshukla10589@gmail.com
Kusum Mahour - E-mail: kusummahour5@gmail.com
Pradeep Rathore - E-mail: prathore663@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received January 1, 2026; Revised January 31, 2026; Accepted January 31, 2026, Published January 31, 2026
Abstract
The acute appendicitis is still a common surgical emergency, but the most effective intervention between the traditional open appendectomy (OA) and laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) is still a controversial topic. This was a retrospective cohort study on 250 patients who were treated between March 2023 and March 2025 in tertiary care of Datia, Madhya Pradesh, with operations involving LA (n=155) and OA (n=95) and compared between them the operation time, hospitalization period, and cases of postoperative complications. LA was characterized by a greater length of operation but much shorter hospital stay, reduction of surgical-site infections and rapid functional recovery. The 24 hours pain scores were lower in the LA group. LA was more effective in terms of postoperative results, when treating the majority of acute appendicitis cases.
Keywords
Appendicitis, laparoscopic appendectomy, open appendectomy, surgical site infection, length of stay, minimally invasive surgery.
Citation
Shukla et al. Bioinformation 22(1): 197-200 (2026)
Edited by
Vini Mehta
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
