Complications of video laparoscopic appendectomy at the Central Hospital of the Social Security Institute in the period from January to December 2021

Abstract

Introduction: Videolaparoscopic appendectomy is a safe option for the etiological diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis. The objective of the research is to determine the frequency of complications of videolaparoscopic appendectomy in patients undergoing surgery at the
Central Hospital of the Social Security Institute in the period from January to December 2021. Materials and methods: It is an observational, descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional, non-probabilistic study of consecutive cases. Reviews of operative records of patients undergoing videolaparoscopic appendectomy, older than 16 years, including both
sexes, were carried out at the Central Hospital of the Social Security Institute from January to December 2021. Results: 62 patients were studied, 54.8% female and 45.2% male, with an average age of 34 years,
a range of 16 to 90 years. A 4.8% rate of complications was reported: surgical site infection (3.2%) and hemoperitoneum (1.6%). The averagehospital stay was 2.2 days. Conclusion: Videolaparoscopic appendectomy is a minimal access surgical technique that has shown a low rate of
complications: low rate of surgical site infection, and short hospital stay.