**4.4 Elderly patients**

Elderly patients have more overall complications after conventional appendectomy (especially regarding pulmonary function impairment and return to normal activities), and seem to benefit from laparoscopic appendectomy (Agresta et al., 2011; Guller et al, 2004; Kim et al., 2011; Yeh et al. 2011).


Table 1. Adult patient subpopulations that profit from laparoscopic appendectomy
