[[Possibilities and indications for application of laparoscopic technology in diagnostics and treatment of acute appendicitis].

The diagnosis and the treatment of patients with suspected acute appendicitis remains a challenge before clinicians. Acute appendicitis is the most frequently urgent abdominal condition imposing operative therapy [1]. Its application as a diagnostic instrument in unclear or difficult cases seems logical in the era of laparoscopy. The treatment of acute appendicitis consists of removal of the inflamed appendix. As preoperative diagnostic accuracy is never 100 %, the operation itself also includes a diagnostic element. Nearly a century passed prior to laparoscopic appendectomy extending a challenge to the operation of McBurney. The new technology combines a secure manner for removal of the inflamed appendix with a smaller trauma of the abdominal wall and the possibility for inspections of the entire abdominal cavity.