Appendectomy if the surgeon discovers that an appendix is burst, should the procedure be done laparoscopically or traditionally?

Laparoscopy is fine: Just because an appendix is ruptured doesn't mean that laparoscopic approach must be abandoned. Actually, the scope gives me a much better view of the soilage and contamination.One can alway convert to open if surgery is not progressing well. Now, with rupture the game changes - drain is placed, antibiotics are given longer, and the hospital stay goes from two hours to a few days. Good luck.

In general: A perforation of the appendix in an acute ill patient will call for an urgent laparotomy. In some cases, a perforation of the appendix can result in self-containment and non-operative management is the treatment if choice. All the best!

Depends: Hi, usually after a perforated appendix the resultant pus spreads all over in the abdomen. So the surgeon has to go in; examine ;clean all the involved areas. This needs a bigger viewing area. The inflammation ; pus obscures the boundaries of familiar organs and clear views are difficult laparoscopically. Rarely if the area involved is contained then laparoscopic appendectomy can b attempted.