Is minimally invasive or traditional appendectomy better?

Whether minimally invasive or traditional appendectomy is better is a patient-specific decision. Laparoscopic surgery is a recent development in the direction of surgery, laparoscopic appendectomy can be completed by making only three small incisions of about 1 cm in the abdomen. Laparoscopic vision is broad, can make accurate judgment of the appendix lesion tissue and the scope of the lesion, and laparoscopic perforation of the appendix pus, do abdominal irrigation, conducive to the recovery of postoperative diseases and other advantages Traditional appendectomy involves making an incision of about 3-6cm in the appendix area of the lower right abdomen and then completing the surgery. Compared to laparoscopic surgery, it is more traumatic and the postoperative recovery is slower. Anesthesia laparoscopic surgery requires general anesthesia to establish a pneumoperitoneum, traditional surgery can be epidural anesthesia. For some patients who can not do general anesthesia can not establish pneumoperitoneum, such as: patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, traditional surgery is still the first choice. If the patient has abdominal pain, you need to go to the hospital in time to let the specialist check, if the diagnosis is appendicitis need surgery, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s advice to choose.