Laparoscopic-Assisted Single-Port Appendectomy in Children: It Is a Safe and Cost-Effective Alternative to Conventional Laparoscopic Techniques?

Table 1

Recents reports of transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted single-port appendectomy.

Author, year	𝑛	Journal	Intraoperative complications	Postoperative complications	Conversions to
					OA	LA
D’Alessio et al., 2002 [25]	150	Eur J Pediatr Surg	5 (bleeding, rupture appendix)	5 (2 WI, 2 IAA, and 1 omphalitis)	6	6
Pappalepore et al., 2002 [26]	58	Eur J Pediatr Surg	0	0	1	1
Meyer et al., 2004 [27]	163	Zentralbl Chir	0	4 WI, 3 IAA	3	6
Koontz et al., 2006 [22]	111	J Pediatr Surg	0	8 (7 WI, 1 IAA)	2	2
Visnjic 2008 [9]	29	Surg Endosc	n.s.	4 WI	0	0
Sesia et al., 2010 [6]	262	J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech	1 serosa lesion	7 (1 WI, 6 IAA)	35	9
Guanà et al., 2010 [28]	231	Afr J Paediatr Surg	n.s.	4 (2 WI)	2	2
Stanfill et al., 2010 [29]	48	J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech	0	5 (1 ileus, 1 WI, and 3 IAA)	0	0
Lee et al., 2011 [24]	152	Surg Endosc	0	7 (7 IAA)	0	0
Cobellis et al., 2007 [30]	182	J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech	0	2 WI	31	0
Kagawa et al., 2012 [31]	158	Int J Colorectal Dis	0	8 (1 WI, 4 IAA, and 3 ileus)	7	26
Ohno et al., 2012 [21]	416	Surg Endosc	21 (2 serosa lesions, 16 tears of appendix, and 3 bleeding)	77 (31 WI, 21 intestinal obstruction, 15 IAA, 8 enterocolitis, 1 leakage, and 1 stitch abscess)	70	14
Shekherdimian and DeUgarte 2011 [32]	18	Am Surg	n.s.	0	0	0

IAA: intraabdominal abscess, WI: wound infection, n.s.: not specified, OA: open appendectomy, LA: laparoscopic appendectomy.