Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: A metaanalysis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 545-553

  Golub, Robert ^a   Siddiqui, Fazi ^a   Pohl, Dieter ^a  

^a New York Flushing Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031945396     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00080-5     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Semm K. Endoscopie appendicectomy. Endoscopy 1983; 15:59-64.
2. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement on Gallstones and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Am J Surg 1993;165:390-397.
3. Pier A, Götz F, and Bacher C. Laparoscopic appendectomy in 625 cases: from innovation to routine. Surg Laparosc Endosc 1991; 1:8-13.
4. Mompean JL, Campos RR, Paricio PP, et al. Laparoscopic versus open appendicectomy: a prospective assessment. Br J Surg 1994; 81:133-135.
5. Vallina VL, Velasco JM, and McCulloch CS. Laparoscopic versus conventional appendectomy. Ann Surg 1993;218:685-692.
6. Schirmer BD, Schmieg RE Jr, Dix J, et al. Laparoscopic versus traditional appendectomy for suspected appendicitis. Am J Surg 1993;165:670-675.
7. Bonanni F, Reed J III, Hartzell G, et al. Laparoscopic versus conventional appendectomy. J Am Coll Surg 1994;179:273-278.
8. Fritts LL, and Orlando R III. Laparoscopic appendectomy: a safety and cost analysis. Arch Surg 1993;128:521-525.
9. Buckley RC, Hall TJ, Muakkassa FF, et al. Laparoscopic appendectomy: is it worth it? Am Surg 1994;60:30-34.
10. McAnena OJ, Austin O, and Hederman WP. Laparoscopic versus open appendicectomy: a prospective evaluation. Br J Surg 1992;79:818-820.
11. Heinzelmann M, Simmen HP, Cummins AS, and Largiadèr F. Is laparoscopic appendectomy the new 'gold standard'? Arch Surg 1995;130:782-785.
12. Richards W, Watson D, Lynch G, et al. A review of the results of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1993;177:473-480.
13. Richards KF, Fisher KS, Flores JH, and Christensen BJ. Laparoscopic appendectomy: comparison with open appendectomy in 720 patients. Surg Laparosc Endosc 1996;6:205-209.
14. Ortega AE, Hunter JG, Peters JH, et al. A prospective, randomized comparison of laparoscopic appendectomy with open appendectomy. Am J Surg 1995;169:208-213.
15. Frazee RC, Roberts JW, Symmonds RE, et al. A prospective randomized trial comparing open versus laparoscopic appendectomy. Ann Surg 1994;219:725-731.
16. Attwood SEA, Hill ADK, Murphy PG, et al. A prospective randomized trial of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy. Surgery 1992;112:497-501.
17. Cox MR, McCall JL, Toouli J, et al. Prospective randomized comparison of open versus laparoscopic appendectomy in men. World J Surg 1996;20:263-266.
18. Laine S, Rantala A, Gullichsen R, and Ovaska J. Laparoscopic appendectomy - is it worth while? Surg Endosc 1997;11:95-97.
19. Hansen JB, Smithers BM, Schache D, et al. Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: prospective randomized trial. World J Surg 1996;20:17-21.
20. Reiertsen O, Larsen S, Trondsen E, et al. Randomized controlled trial with sequential design of laparoscopic versus conventional appendicectomy. Br J Surg 1997;84:842-847.
21. Kazemier G, de Zeeuw GR, Lange JF, et al. Laparoscopic vs open appendectomy: a randomized clinical trial. Surg Endosc 1997; 11:336-340.
22. Tate JJT, Dawson JW, Chung SCS, Li AKC. Laparoscopic versus open appendicectomy: prospective randomized trial. Lancet 1993;342:633-637.
23. Mutter D, Vix M, Bui A, et al. Laparoscopy not recommended for routine appendectomy in men: results of a prospective randomized study. Surgery 1996;120:71-74.
24. Williams MD, Collins JN, Wright TF, and Fenoglio ME. Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy. South Med J 1996; 89:668-674.
25. Kum CK, Ngoi SS, Goh PMY, et al. Randomized controlled trial comparing laparoscopic and open appendicectomy. Br J Surg 1993;80:1599-1600.
26. Minné L, Varner D, Burnell A, et al. Laparoscopic vs open appendectomy: prospective randomized study of outcomes. Arch Surg 1997;132:708-712.
27. Rohr S, Thiry CL, de Manzini N, et al. Laparoscopic vs open appendectomy in men: a prospective randomized study. Br J Surg 1994;81(Suppl):6-7.
28. Martin LC, Puente I, Sosa JL, et al. Open versus laparoscopic appendectomy. Ann Surg 1995;222:256-262.
29. Hart R, Rajgopal C, Piewes A, et al. Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: a prospective randomized trial of 81 patients. Can J Surg 1996;39:457-462.
30. Solomon MJ, McLeod RS. Clinical studies in surgical journals-Have we improved? Dis Colon Rectum 1993;36:43-48.
31. Shrout PE, Fleiss JL. Intraclass correlations: uses in assessing rater reliability. Psychol Bull 1979;86:420-428.
32. Fleiss JL. The statistical basis of meta-analysis. Stat Methods Med Res 1993;2:121-145.
33. Rosenthal R. Parametric measures of effect size. In: Cooper H, Hedges LV, eds. The Handbook of Research Synthesis. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1994:231-244.
34. Mantel N, and Haenszel W. Statistical aspects of the analysis of data from retrospective studies of disease. J Natl Cancer Inst 1959;22:719-748.
35. Robins J, Breslow NE, and Greenland S. Estimators of the Mantel-Haenszel variance consistent in both sparse data and large-strata limiting models. Biometrics 1986;42:311-323.
36. Rosenthal R. The "file-drawer problem" and tolerance for null results. Psychol Bull 1979;86:638-641.
37. Friedman HP, and Goldberg JD. Meta-analysis: an introduction and point of view. Hepatology 1996;23:917-928.
38. DerSimonian R, and Laird N. Meta-analysis in clinical trials. Control Clin Trials 1986;7:177-188.
39. Kazemier G, Steyerberg EW, and Bonjer HJ. Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials comparing open and laparoscopic appendectomy. Surg Endosc 1997;11:170.
40. McCall JL, Sharples K, and Jadallah F. Systematic review of randomized controlled trials comparing laparoscopic with open appendicectomy. Br J Surg 1997;84:1045-1050.
41. L'Abbé KA, Detsky AS, and O'Rourke K. Meta-analysis in clinical research. Ann Int Med 1987;107:224-233.
42. Sacks HS, Berrier J, Reitman D, et al. Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. N Engl J Med 1987;316:450-455.
43. Antman EM, Lau J, Kupelnick B, et al. A comparison of results of meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and recommendations of clinical experts. JAMA 1992;268:240-248.
44. Boden WE. Meta-analysis in clinical trials reporting: has a tool become a weapon? Am J Cardiol 1992;69:681-686.
45. LeLorier J, Grégoire G, Benhaddad A, et al. Discrepancies between meta-analyses and subsequent large randomized, controlled trials. N Engl J Med 1997;337:536-542.
46. Ramesh S, and Galland RB. Early discharge from hospital after open appendicectomy. Br J Surg 1993;80:1192-1193.
47. Grégoire G, Derderian F, and Le Lorier J. Selecting the language of the publications included in a meta-analysis: is there a Tower of Babel bias? J Clin Epidemiol 1995;48:159-163.
48. Laupacis A, Sackett DL, and Roberts RS. An assessment of clinically useful measures of the consequences of treatment. N Engl J Med 1988;318:1728-1733.
49. Whitworth CM, Whitworth PW, Sanfillipo J, and Polk HC Jr. Value of diagnostic laparoscopy in young woman with possible appendicitis. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1988;167:187-190.
50. Kum CK, Sim EKW, Goh PMY, et al. Diagnostic laparoscopy: reducing the number of normal appendectomies. Dis Colon Rectum 1993;36:763-766.
51. Olsen JB, Myrén CJ, and Haahr PE. Randomized study of the value of laparoscopy before appendectomy. Br J Surg 1993; 80:922-923.
52. Paterson-Brown S, Thompson JN, Eckersley JRT, et al. Which patients with suspected appendicitis should undergo laparoscopy? BMJ 1988;296:1363-1364.
53. Jadallah FA, Abdul-Ghani AA, and Tibblin S. Diagnostic laparoscopy reduces unnecessary appendicectomy in fertile woman. Eur J Surg 1994;160:41-45.
54. Lau W, Fan S, Yiu T, et al. The clinical significance of routine histopathologic study of the resected appendix and safety of appendiceal inversion. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1986;162:256-258.
55. De Wilde RL. Goodbye to late bowel obstruction after appendicectomy. Lancet 1991;338:1012.
56. Delany HM, and Carnevale, NJ. A "bikini" incision for appendectomy. Am J Surg 1976;132:126-127.
57. Tang E, Ortega AE, Anthone GJ, and Beart RW Jr. Intraabdominal abscesses following laparoscopic and open appendectomies. Surg Endosc 1996;10:327-328.
58. Evasovich MR, Clark TC, Horattas MC, et al. Does pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy increase bacterial translocation? Surg Endosc 1996;10:1176-1179.
59. Collet D, Vitale GC, Reynolds M, et al. Peritoneal host defenses are less impaired by laparoscopy than by open operation. Surg Endosc 1995;9:1059-1064.
60. Jacobi CA, Ordemann J, Böhm B, et al. Does laparoscopy increase bacteremia and endotoxemia in a peritonitis model? Surg Endosc 1997;11:235-238.