Patients
periappendiceal abscess, perforation, acute appendicitis
INFLAMMATION, APPENDICITIS, ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Nonpregnant adult patients aged 19–70 years who were diagnosed with acute appendicitis without perforation on preoperative abdominal computed tomography (CT) were eligible. Consecutive patients who underwent surgery between August 6, 2019, and December 26, 2022, in Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital were included, and the follow-up date of the last patient was January 04, 2023. The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) history of abdominal surgery; (2) open conversion; (3) surgery other than laparoscopic appendectomy; (4) suspicion of perforation or periappendiceal abscess in the surgical field; (5) difficulty in applying a polymeric clip owing to a thick appendiceal base or severe inflammation; and (6) the final biopsy result not being appendicitis.