Description

This video demonstrate two port laparoscopic appendicectomy with Stryker Mini Alligator performed by Dr R K Mishra at World Laparoscopy Hospital. The appendix is a worm-like diverticulum of the cecum that arises at the confluence of the colonic longitudinal muscle fiber bands (taenia coli). More than 4000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians noted the presence of the appendix during their funereal preparations, and referred to it as the "worm" of the bowel.