Advantages of laparoscopic appendectomy

  1, laparoscopic appendectomy has a diagnostic role, especially for those with unknown preoperative diagnosis, not only the right lower abdomen is explored, the whole abdomen can be explored at the same time, and once the appendix is confirmed to be “fine” during the operation, the disease found can be dealt with at the same time.  2.Since the incision is small, the postoperative pain is light, you can get up early and move around, and the postoperative exhaust time is short, and the fasting time is short.  3.The postoperative intestinal function recovers quickly after surgery, and the overall recovery is quicker, so that the patient can take care of himself and resume work earlier.  4.In the long run, the abdominal incision is small and the scar is small.  5.Laparoscopic appendectomy has magnification effect, wide field of vision, clear exploration, high diagnostic accuracy, not easy to misdiagnose and miss diagnosis, can comprehensively explore the abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity, and can provide more reliable diagnosis for patients with doubtful preoperative diagnosis and right lower abdominal pain of unknown diagnosis, especially for young female patients.  6.The incidence of postoperative complications after laparoscopic appendectomy is low, and the incidence of incisional infection, intestinal adhesions and abdominal abscesses are lower than that of traditional surgery.  7. If other lesions (ovarian cyst, intestinal tumor, gastric perforation, etc.) are found intraoperatively, the operation is performed directly under the laparoscope without making another incision; 8. The laparoscope can explore all corners of the abdomen and clean the pus thoroughly, so there is less chance of abdominal infection and the incision is not in direct contact with pus, so the incision infection rate is low, especially for more obese patients; 9. The incidence is low.  Any technology has its advantages and disadvantages, and laparoscopic surgery also has its disadvantages: 1, general anesthesia is required, which may be difficult for some elderly and frail patients to tolerate.  2. There are some complications specific to laparoscopic surgery, such as puncture injury and pneumoperitoneum-related effects, but the incidence is very low.  3, The cost is higher than that of open appendectomy.