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A significant rend was noted for an increasing proportion of surgery performed by laparoscopy compared to open surgery (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02). Patients who underwent open surgery compared to laparoscopy presented with greater peritonism (48.5% vs. 28%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), delay from symptom onset (3 vs. 2\u00a0days, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), more frequently from rural areas (94% vs. 86%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002) and with higher AAST scores (46.7% AAST\u2009\u2265\u20094, vs. 14.9%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). This former group had significantly greater morbidity (42% vs. 35%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) with higher Clavien\u2010Dindo scores, were more likely to require ICU admission (8.3% vs. 2.3%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and have longer hospital stay (4\u00a0days vs. 2\u00a0days, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001); no statistically significant difference in mortality was observed (1.1% vs. 0.8%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.75).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>There has been a steady increase in the uptake of laparoscopic appendicectomy and decrease in open approaches in our centre. There is still a high rate of patients with advanced disease, and it is unlikely that this cohort will be suitable for laparoscopic surgery. If we hope to increase the uptake of laparoscopic surgery for acute appendicitis even further, we must focus on identifying patients with early and low\u2010grade disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00268-022-06454-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,10]],"date-time":"2022-02-10T15:11:53Z","timestamp":1644505913000},"page":"1015-1021","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Trends in Adoption of Laparoscopic Appendicectomy in a Developing Country: Closing the Gap"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"46","author":[{"given":"Maheshwar","family":"Naidoo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery University of KwaZulu Natal Durban South 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