Laparoscopic management of acute abdomen

ABSTRACT

This study included 76 patients of acute abdomen with unclear clinical evidence of urgent operation and without definite diagnosis by available investigations. Laparoscopy has been undergone within three days after admission. The main objective was to remove the great burden of unclear diagnosis and decision and to lower the morbidity of long hospital stay due to the concept of wait and see or to avoid unnecessary operation with possibility of postoperative complications in negative laparotomy cases. Diagnostic laparoscopy stated only eighteen cases needing further surgical procedures which were accomplished by laparoscopic further intervention in eight cases. Also, videoscopic assessed histopathology was diagnostic in eleven cases