“How long is my son going to stay in the hospital for his appendectomy?”
My son is going to have an appendectomy soon, and I was just wondering how long would he need to stay at the hospital after the surgery?
4 Answers
Most children with appendicitis that has not perforated (infection stayed inside the appendix), the same day of surgery or the following day. Children with perforated appendicitis could stay from 2-7 days depending on the amount of infection outside the appendix.
In someone who is otherwise healthy, laparoscopic appendectomy is an ambulatory procedure. One can expect a discharge from the hospital in as short as a few hours after the operation, but usually not more than a day.
Most children who do not have a perforated appendix will go home directly from the recovery room. If the appendix is perforated, it can be variable; however, most go home with in 2-3 days
Typically this is day surgery or perhaps a one night stay
