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Publication:

Surgical Technology International XVI - General Surgery

Article title:

A Simple and Inexpensive Method for Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Author(s)

Francis R. D'Souza, F.R.C.S.
Specialist Registrar, General Surgery

 

Muzaffar A. Anwar, M.B.B.S.
Senior House Officer, General Surgery

 

Riccardo A. Audisio, M.D., F.R.C.S.
Consultant General Surgeon and Surgical Oncologist

 

Muhammed Ashraf Memon, F.R.C.S.
Consultant General, Laparoscopic, and Upper GI Surgeon

Department of Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside, UK

Abstract

Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) was introduced into clinical practice by Kurt Semm in 1983. Since then, a number of methods for performing LA have emerged in the literature. However, the majority of these modifications require costly equipment. In this short technical chapter, we describe a very simple and inexpensive method of performing this procedure without resorting to any additional expensive paraphernalia.