Appendicitis is the most common benign inflammatory disease that requires an operation. Laparoscopic appendectomy using three trocar is generally performed, and reveals good surgical outcomes incluing less pain, early recovey, cosmetic effect et al. However, with using three trocar, there are some problems including pain around trocar insertion sites(three portions), wound infecton and scar at trocar insertion sites. For these reasons, more minimal invasive appendectomy is required, with development of laparoscopic instrument,eventually one port sppectomy is developed. So, the investigators assess post-operative Outcomes according to the Number of Trocar.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
140
appendectomy according to the number of trocar
Dept. of Surgery, Holy Family Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
Bucheon-si, Gyunggi Do, South Korea
RECRUITINGpost-operative pain
Time frame: For 7days
cosmetic effect
Time frame: for 14days
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