An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdomen: Cocktail stick injury of bowel

Laparoscopic appendicectomy is now increasingly performed in cases of uncomplicated appendicitis, offering potential advantages in terms of reduced postoperative pain, hospital stay and negative appendicectomy rates.1 As with the open operation, the peritoneal cavity should be examined for alternative pathologies where the appendix appears normal. We describe an unusual case of cocktail stick perforation of the terminal ileum that mimicked appendicitis.