Appendicitis, cholecystitis, and bowel obstruction account for the majority of the abdominal pain syndromes which require surgical intervention.. Once an absolute contraindication in pregnancy, laparoscopy has been increasingly used in the last several years for the treatment of these disorders during pregnancy due to better understanding in physiology Methods: We overviewed 35 pregnant patients being operated due to acute appendicitis in the department of General surgery of Cho Ray hospital from May 2001 to January 2003.