Role of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Abdominal Trauma
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The role of laparoscopy in diagnosis as well as therapeutic interventions has increased markedly in the last few years. In trauma, it has become a viable alternative for the diagnosis of intra-abdominal injury following penetrating and blunt trauma. The number of negative and/ or nontherapeutic laparotomies performed has decreased since the use of laparoscopy in diagnosis and management.
Patients and methods: fifty patients with abdominal trauma 10 blunt trauma (BT), 40 penetrating trauma (PT) were selected from those attending the general surgery department of EL-MAADI MILITARY HOSPITAL duri ...
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