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Laparoscopic Appendicectomy At The Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, S. C. Patel, G. F. Jumba, S. Akmal
Laparoscopic Appendicectomy At The Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, S. C. Patel, G. F. Jumba, S. Akmal
General Surgery, East Africa
Objective: To evaluate our experience of laparoscopic appendicectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi over a six year period from the inception of the technique and to assess its advantages and disadvantages.
Design: Case series study.
Setting: The Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi.
Patients: One hundred and six cases operated on from May 1996 to June 2002. Main outcome measures: Clinical presentation, age and sex demographics, average hospital stay, operating time, intra-operative and post-operative complications and outcome.
Results: There was a female preponderance with a female to male ratio of 2:3:I. Mean age was 30.6 years. There was a slightly more …