APPENDICECTOMY (LAPAROSCOPIC)
DATE AND TIME: [Date and time]
URGENCY: Elective / Non-elective
SURGEON: [Name]
ASSISTANT: [Name / None]
ANAESTHETIST: [Name]
Indication: Acute appendicitis. Preferred approach particularly in diagnostic uncertainty (allows full peritoneal inspection), in female patients (to exclude gynaecological pathology), and where lower wound infection rate is desired.
Patient Position: Supine with slight left lateral tilt and Trendelenburg.
Anaesthesia: General.