Appendicitis And Appendectomy In The Obese Patients

International Journal of Medical Science

© 2019 by SSRG - IJMS Journal

Volume 6 Issue 9

Year of Publication : 2019

Authors : Okoi, Nta Obono , Ayuk, Agam Ebagi , Ashindoitiang John Adi.

10.14445/23939117/IJMS-V6I9P105

How to Cite?

Okoi, Nta Obono , Ayuk, Agam Ebagi , Ashindoitiang John Adi., "Appendicitis And Appendectomy In The Obese Patients," SSRG International Journal of Medical Science, vol. 6,  no. 9, pp. 21-23, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939117/IJMS-V6I9P105

Abstract:

Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for an emergency surgery in the world. The grid-iron and lanz incision over the McBurney’s point have been the widely used approach in some centres. The lower midline became the incision of choice when there is ruptured appendis with abscess formation. The lower midline incision became an alternative approach when it took us about 3 hours to operate an acute appendicitis in an obese woman with BMI of 32 using the grid-iron incision. We therefore decided to explore the question of lower midline incision as compared with the grid-iron in appendectomy in the obese.

Keywords:

Appendicitis, Appendectomy, Obese, Midline, Lanz, Grid-iron, Incision.

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