“How long is the recovery for laparoscopic appendectomy?”
My doctor recommended that I should have a laparoscopic appendectomy because of my weight. How long is the recovery for this procedure?
8 Answers
About 4-12 weeks.
I do not know what your doctor has told you, but it has always been that it depends on the patient: 1) Is the patient a smoker or a persons who drinks or uses drugs? 2) Is the patient a heavy eater? It will make the healing time longer. If you want the fastest recovery time, ask your doctor all the questions you can think of and do what your doctor says to do.
I wish you well.
Oledochouse
I wish you well.
Oledochouse
Generally 5-7 days if no complications occur like conversion to an open procedure.
Most patients can be discharged home after the procedure. Most patients can return to “full function” within 7 days. Most patients will typically need <10 tablets of pain medication, and only take them for 1-2 days.
Recovery from laparoscopic appendectomy is usually quick. The better question is why do this operation if you don’t have appendicitis? In most cases, there is not an indication just because of a person’s weight.
Please clarify with your surgeon why you are getting your appendix removed. I assume it is because you have appendicitis and not because of your weight.
Regardless of reason, I would always recommend a laparoscopic procedure over an open one. There is much less recovery and change of complications.
I typically quote most patients a two week recovery. I have had patients who work desk jobs return to work with 3-5 days. Patients who work manual labor or other physically taxing jobs may return in 2-4 weeks.
Regardless of reason, I would always recommend a laparoscopic procedure over an open one. There is much less recovery and change of complications.
I typically quote most patients a two week recovery. I have had patients who work desk jobs return to work with 3-5 days. Patients who work manual labor or other physically taxing jobs may return in 2-4 weeks.
It varies between surgeons and also with the type of work, a student can resume classes in a few days, a police officer will be longer, maybe two weeks because they are in harms way. Office work one week, construction two weeks, it varies by surgeon and how the patient is doing, nothing is written in stone, but the patient should be all better by 3-4 weeks.
Like i tell all my patients, the full recovery of any tissue of the body is 90 days, but the recovery of a surgery depends the kind of surgery, it's not the same as facelifting that a laparoscopic surgery in the abdomen. The difference is the recovery to the eyes of the people, but the risks are the same. The Laparoscopic surgery have some advantages to the eyes of the patient and to the eyes of the people, also the time to begin to move, but the time for a full recovery is the same, having a small scar you will be out the clinic sooner, and the risk of an intrahospitalized infection is lower, and moving the sooner to your house, the better you will recover. But in my 35 years as a surgeon, this laprascopic surgery in case of cancer inside the body is not a good choice.
