Endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy versus laparoscopic appendectomy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis
Open Access
- 7 March 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Endoscopy
- Vol. 54 (08), 747-754
- https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1737-6381
Abstract
Background and study aims: To assess the efficacy and clinical outcomes of endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy (ERAT) versus laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) for patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis (AA). Patients and methods: We adopted propensity score matching (1:1) to compare ERAT and LA patients with uncomplicated AA from April 2017 to March 2020. We reviewed a total of 2880 patients with suspected acute appendicitis, of whom 422 patients with uncomplicated AA met the matching criteria (ERAT, 79; LA, 343), yielding 78 pairs of patients. Results: The rate of curative treatment within one year after ERAT was 92.1%; 95% CI, [83.8% - 96.3%]. The percentage of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) ≤ 3 at six hours after treatment was 94.7%; 95% CI [87.2% - 97.9%] in the ERAT group, and significantly higher than that in the LA group 83.3%; 95% CI [73.5% - 90.0%]. Median operative/procedure time and median hospital length of stay in the ERAT group were significantly lower compared to the LA group. At one year, the median recurrence time was 50 days (IQRs, 25-127) in the ERAT group. The overall adverse event rate was 24.3%; 95% CI [14.8% - 33.9%] in the LA group and 18.4%; 95% CI [9.7% - 27.1%] in the ERAT group, with no significant difference between the two groups. Conclusions: ERAT is a technically feasible method to treat uncomplicated AA compared to LA. Received: 20 June 2021 Accepted after revision: 13 December 2021 Publication Date: 12 January 2022 (online) © 2022. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyKeywords
Funding Information
- Outstanding foreign scientist studio project of Henan province (No. GZS2020006)
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