%0 Journal Article
%T The role of laparoscopy in abdominal trauma ¨C review of the literature
%A Maciej Wiewi¨®ra
%A Krystyn Sosada
%A Jerzy Piecuch
%A Wojciech £¿urawi¨½ski
%J Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques
%D 2011
%I Termedia Publishing House
%X The necessity of urgent explorative laparotomy as a standard procedure in the treatment of abdominal penetratingwounds is controversial. Mandatory surgical intervention for penetrating abdominal trauma yields a high rate of negativelaparotomies in the absence of visceral injuries. Laparoscopy is an alternative diagnostic procedure inspectingthe peritoneum for signs of perforation and excluding significant intra-abdominal injuries. Following current guidelines,diagnostic laparoscopy should be used with caution only in selected cases due to the limited amount of reliabledata confirming the effectiveness of such treatment. We present a review of the literature analysing the role of diagnosticlaparoscopy in abdominal trauma.
%K abdominal trauma
%K diagnostic laparoscopy
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