Acute appendicitis: Leaving normal looking appendices

doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7569.652-a

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Faheez Mohamed, specialist registrar, general surgery (faheez@btinternet.com),
Kevin K Khoo, clinical research fellow

University Hospital of North Durham, Durham DH1 5TW
Wansbeck General Hospital, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9JJ

EDITOR—In their clinical review of acute appendicitis Humes and Simpson point out that complications can occur after removal of a normal appendix.1 To decrease the rate of negative appendicectomies, the use of diagnostic laparoscopy followed by either laparoscopic or open appendicectomy may be beneficial. Diagnostic laparoscopy allows the doctor to leave a normal …