Transumbilical Laparoscopic-Assisted Appendectomy in the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Children

Table 1

Histopathologic examination of the all appendix stamps treated (444 children).

	TULAA : 252	OA : 189	LA : 3
Catarrhalis, (%)	11 (4.4)	0	0
Phlegmonous, (%)	155 (61.5)	55 (29.1)	1 (33.3)
Gangrenous, (%)	82 (32.5)	113 (59.8)	2 (66.7)
Perforated, (%)	0	21 (11.1)	0
Appendicular pathology, (%)	4 (1.6)	0	0
Infection by Enterobius vermicularis,	2	0	0
Leukemic infiltration,	2	0	0