Polypropylene Manual Knotting for Closure of Appendix Stump During Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Journal Title: Türk Kolon ve Rektum Hastalıkları Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 27, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the results of patients in whom the appendix stump was closed with a hand-made loop using polypropylene suture during laparoscopic appendectomy. Method: The files of 25 patients who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy in the Erciş State Hospital Clinic of General Surgery between August 2016 and October 2016 were retrospectively screened. During surgery, the appendix stump was closed with an extracorporeal knot using polypropylene. Patients were assessed for age, sex, American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) score, smoking history, operation time, length of hospital stay, conversion rate to open procedure, postoperative complications, and follow-up. Patients were followed until skin sutures were removed. Results: Mean age was 31±2 years and there were 16 women and 9 men in this study. Seventeen patients were ASA I, six were ASA II, and two were ASA III. Thirty percent of the patients were smokers. Mean operation time was 35 minutes and mean hospital stay was 1.4 days. Two patients (14%) had perforated appendicitis, the rest were not perforated (86%). Postoperative complications included wound infection in one patient, and subcutaneous emphysema and persistent pneumoperitoneum in one patient. Follow-up time was 14 days for all patients. Conclusion: The reliability of appendix stump closure using polyglactin or silk suture by manual knotting during laparoscopic appendectomy has been reported previously. This study demonstrates that appendix stump closure using polypropylene suture is reliable with some limitations.
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Özlem Zeliha Sert
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