Search for: [Abstract = "differ depending on patients’ age because the risk of complicated appendicitis increases with patients’ age. Closure of appendiceal stump with stapler may be associated with better outcomes of laparoscopic appendectomy in patients with complicated appendicitis. Complicated appendicitis is connected to worse outcomes of laparoscopic appendectomy. The risk factors for this condition include\: female sex, age > 50 years, symptoms duration >48 h, higher Alvarado score and CRP > 100 mg\/l. Postoperative intraabdominal abscess formation is associated with poor outcomes of laparoscopic appendectomy and complicated appendicitis is the strongest risk factor for this complication."]
