Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children: Experience in a Single Centre in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Table 1

Extra-appendicular pathologies found at laparoscopy†.

Findings	Number	Management
Mesenteric lymphadenitis	07	Lymph node biopsy*
Worm bolus	04	Squeezed into colon
Intussusceptions	03	Reduced
Tuberculosis	03	Tubercles taken for biopsy
Mesenteric gap with herniation	02	Repaired
Omental infarction	01	Excised
Twisted ovarian cyst	03	Untwisted and cystectomy done
Leaking corpus luteal cyst	04	Left as it was
Total	27

†Appendectomy was also done in all except tuberculosis cases.
*Two cases were diagnosed as non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.