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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía

Print version ISSN 2011-7582On-line version ISSN 2619-6107

Abstract

JIMENEZ-URIBE, Ana María et al. Assisted versus multiport transumbilical surgery for acute apendicitis in pediatric patients. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2021, vol.36, n.3, pp.481-486.  Epub July 17, 2021. ISSN 2011-7582.  https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.757.

Introduction.

The prevention of complications in the management of acute appendicitis remains a challenge for the pediatric surgeon. Therefore, it is of great importance to compare the surgical management options, to know if it is possible to prevent these results, which ultimately lead to an increase in the use of resources necessary to treat a patient. The objective of this study was to compare the postoperative complications and costs of assisted transumbilical laparoscopy and multiport laparoscopy in pediatric patients.

Method.

Observational, descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study with non-probabilistic convenience sampling, where patients between 0 and 16 years old with a complete medical history, with a postsurgical diagnosis of acute appendicitis, who underwent assisted transumbilical surgery or by multiport performed at a fourth level general hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, between October 2011 and January of 2019. A descriptive univariate and bivariate analysis was performed.

Results.

Of the 850 patients operated on in this period, the most used surgical technique was multiport (n=528; 62.1%) and complications occurred in 59 (6.94%) of the patients. The most frequent postsurgical diagnosis was non-perforated appendicitis (n=762; 89.6%). Comparing the two groups, a p-value of 0.9685 was found for age, 0.5364 for postsurgical diagnosis, 0.1127 for postoperative complications, and 0.0085 for cost.

Discussion.

The cost of hospitalization and complications for patients who underwent assisted transumbilical appendectomy is similar to the multiport technique.

Keywords : pediatric surgery; acute appendicitis; appendectomy; minimally invasive surgical procedures; postoperative complications; costs and cost analysis.

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