Emergency laparoscopy in multiple trauma patients: experience with 106 cases

Cortesi, N.; Manenti, A.; Gibertini, G.; Rossi, A.

Acta Chirurgica Belgica 87(4): 239-241

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5458
PMID: 2958975
Document Number: 289081
Emergency laparoscopy was successfully used in 106 multiple-trauma and often unconscious patients with blunt abdominal traumas. In 40 cases a negative result avoided any subsequent exploratory laparotomy; two false negative were registered, while a diagnosis of retroperitoneal hematoma was possible in 6 cases.

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