Do you need to be hospitalized for appendicitis surgery?

A procedure like appendicitis must be done inpatient and the surgery also requires anesthesia support, with the option of epidural anesthesia. For traditional surgery, and if laparoscopic surgery is chosen, general anesthesia is also required, so it cannot be done on an outpatient basis and can only be done inpatient. Patients with appendicitis should also undergo some auxiliary tests before surgery, including screening for infectious diseases, routine blood and coagulation tests, and electrocardiogram and abdominal ultrasound. If the appendix is found to be obviously septic, the feeding vessels should be carefully ligated to avoid the circulation of bacteria into the liver. In addition, the exudate in the abdominopelvic cavity should be carefully removed during the operation, and postoperative anti-infection treatment should be routinely provided, and patients should be advised to leave bed early after the operation to prevent intestinal adhesions or intestinal obstruction.