A tiered approach to optimize pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy outcomes

Surgical management of appendicitis accounts for ~30% of total expenditure in the practice of pediatric surgery and is associated with high cost variation. We hypothesize that incorporating single-incision laparoscopy (SILS) and the resultant by-product dual-incision laparoscopy (DILS) into a historically three-incision laparoscopic (TILS) appendectomy practice affords equal outcomes at lower cost.

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Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - September 9, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Christina M. Bence, Ruizhe Wu, Kimberly K. Somers, Aniko Szabo, Marjorie J. Arca, Casey M. Calkins, David M. Gourlay, Keith T. Oldham, Thomas T. Sato, Sabina M. Siddiqui, John C. Densmore Source Type: research