Introduction: Laparoscopic appendectomy becomes a usual method in the treatment of acute appendicitis, although its advantage over open appendectomy has been proven. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a few medical centers are introducing laparoscopic appendectomy as a method of treatment of acute appendicitis. In this study we want to compare different methods of treatment of acute appendicitis. Patients and Methods: During 20 months we have analyzed 498 patients operated due to acute appendicitis. We followed the duration of operation, total hospitalization stay, complications of surgical procedure and reasons of conversion in patients operated by laparoscopic approach. Results: The duration of operation was 96 minutes in the group operated by open approach and 107 minutes in the group operated by laparoscopic approach. Total hospitalization stay was 3.9. days in the group operated by open approach and 2.3. days in the group operated by laparoscopic approach. The most frequent complication in the group operated by open approach was infection of the operative wound (56/452) and ileus (5/452), and in the group operated by laparosocopic approach ileus (1/46) was the most frequent complication. Conclusion: The patients operated by laparoscopic approach have fewer risk of wound infection, and the hospital stay is shorter. With the increase of surgeon’s experience this method of treatment of acute appendicitis will become a method of choice.

To the Editor: We read the editorial of Professors Matko and Ana Marusic in the December issue of the Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) (1). With regret we learned that the policy of the editorial board of CMJ, which created one outstanding, general medical journal, is questioned. We have been reading the CMJ for many years and published several articles in it. We consider Prof. Marusic not only the editor of an excellent journal, but the teacher of medical writing as well. We were aware that, because of our lack of experience, the article we were sending was incomplete, but we were also aware that it would not have the destiny like in other journals, as Prof. Marusic would correct the article with us. The comments in his char acteristic, amusing way what to correct, omit, or add, were making the article better and better… After attending Prof. Marusic’s workshop of medical writing, some on us published the articles in very prestigious journals. We are very grateful to him for his help. Prof. Marusic placed his editorial board at the disposal of the postgraduate students of Tuzla Medical University School of Medicine, as the assistance during the writing of articles which even do not have to be sent to the CMJ – with the wish to expand the awareness of necessity