Effectiveness of Manual Knotting at Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Objective: In this study, effectiveness of manual knotting at appendix stump closing versus other methods at laparoscopic appendectomy were compared. Material and Method: In this retrospective study, 30 patients who were performed laparoscopic appendectomy at Department of Surgery in School of Medicine at Erzincan University, between 2012 March-2015 March, were evaluated. Results: There were 14 female and 16 male patients. Median age was 25(18-52). Mean operation time at manual knotting and other methods was 45 minutes and 40 minutes, respectively. Mean length of postoperative stay at manual knotting and other methods was 1.3 days and 1.5 days, respectively. Postoperative morbidity was only seen at manual knotting group(8%) as abscess. Conclusion: Apendix stump can be safely closed by intra or extracorporeal manual knotting at laparoscopic appendectomy. This type of closing has no disadvantage compared with other methods, but it is more cost effective than the other methods.