Laparoscopic appendicectomy during pregnancy: a case report

The decision to operate on a pregnant patient can be very challenging due to risk of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities harming both mother and the fetus. Abdominal pain in a gravid patient can be due to non-obstetric causes and commonly surgery might be required. Controversy over contraindication of laparoscopic surgery due to fetal injury during trocar placement and fetal malperfusion from pneumoperitoneum existed in the past. The approach to the pregnant patient with a surgical emergency has changed in recent years. We present the case of a patient in her second trimester of pregnancy who had a laparoscopic appendicectomy, and a review of the current literature.