Minimally invasive surgery process for appendicitis

Appendicitis is a gastrointestinal disease. When appendicitis occurs, there will be cramps in the lower abdomen. At this time, surgery is required to recover. Taking medicine is useless. Appendicitis is basically an acute disease. It is related to our usual diet and lifestyle. Many people do not know why they will get appendicitis. So, what is the process of minimally invasive surgery for appendicitis?

Most patients with simple acute appendicitis can be cured by non-surgical treatment, but those with chronic inflammation or narrow lumen are prone to recurrence. Therefore, once acute appendicitis is diagnosed, emergency surgery is still required to remove the diseased appendix. During pregnancy, due to pelvic congestion, appendicitis develops faster, so surgery should be performed in a timely manner. For patients with unclear diagnosis, if they have local peritonitis symptoms or obvious systemic infection signs, laparotomy should be performed to avoid delaying treatment. If no acute inflammation of the appendix is ​​found during surgery, other acute lesions should be explored. If appendicitis has formed surrounding abscesses when the patient sees a doctor, non-surgical treatment should be given first. After the abscess is absorbed, the appendix should be removed after 3 months or half a year.

The main treatment for appendicitis is surgery, because the appendix has no function and it will not recur after removal. Conservative treatment is mainly anti-inflammatory treatment, which only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. Most cases will relapse, and in severe cases, there is a possibility of abscess rupture, which would be troublesome. Early surgical treatment is still recommended. Conservative treatment mainly focuses on reducing swelling and anti-inflammatory treatment. It only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. If the abscess ruptures, it will be very serious and the patient will have to be hospitalized. The recovery time will be very long and the medical expenses will more than double.

The process of appendicitis surgery is: after the patient is sent to the operating room, the patient is put to sleep on the operating table, and then anesthesia is given (there are two types of anesthesia: one is epidural anesthesia - a thin tube is inserted into the patient's spine, and anesthetics are given from one end of the thin tube. When the patient's abdomen is no longer cramped, the operation can be performed. The patient is fully awake in this anesthesia, and the patient knows when the doctor is operating, but he does not feel any pain. The other type of anesthesia is general anesthesia - after the patient is put to sleep on the operating table, anesthetics are injected from the infusion tube in the patient's hand, and the patient falls asleep and is completely unaware of everything. When the patient wakes up, the operation has been completed). During the operation, a small incision is made in the patient's lower right abdomen, and the appendix (a branch of the human intestine) is found. After the appendix is ​​removed and the abdominal incision is sutured, the operation is completed. Before the operation, routine examinations such as chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, blood tests, etc. are required to understand the patient's physical condition and whether there are any contraindications to surgery. You are required to fast the night before the operation. There are no special requirements during the operation. Just follow the doctor's instructions. Appendectomy is just a minor surgery.