Laparoscopic appendicectomy.

The clinical diagnosis of appendicular pathology has an unacceptably high false-positive rate, particularly in premenopausal women. Diagnostic laparoscopy is a significant aid towards accurate diagnosis. Laparoscopic appendicectomy can be safely and economically performed as a logical sequel to diagnostic laparoscopy.

Laparoscopic surgery in the developing world. An overview of the Indian scene.

We present experience of laparoscopic surgery commencing in 1972 with diagnostic laparoscopy in a Surgical Unit in Bombay. By 1990 we had completed 2800 diagnostic laparoscopies with no mortality, 0.08% complication rate, 85% positive diagnosis and an instrument cost of about Rs.