Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children: Preliminary Study in Pediatric Hospital Albert Royer, Dakar

Table 1

The patients’ characteristics.

	Acute ap.	Abscess	Péritonitis	Ap. lump
Sex (M/F)	9/5	2/0	2/2	1/1
Mean age (yr)	7	10	11	9,5
Appendectomy (A/R)	14/0	1/1	2/2	1/1
Suction-washing	9	2	4	2
Drainage	0	1	2	0
Operative time (min)	55 (35–72)	62 and 84	74 (65–120)	58 and 104
Conversion	0	0	0	0
Complications	2 scapular pain, 1 vomiting	1 Douglas abscess, 1 vomiting	1 Douglas abscess	1 vomiting
Hospital stay (days)	4 (2–6)	5 and 12	7 (5–14)	2 and 7

A = antérograde, R = rétrograde, M = male, F = female, acute ap. = acute appendectomy, and ap. lump = appendicular lump.