Laparoscopy for patients with an acute abdomen / 中国微创外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and priority of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of acute peritonitis. Methods Clinical data of 133 cases of acute peritonitis diagnosed and treated under laparoscope between April 2001 and October 2004 were retrospectively reviewed. Results Of the 133 cases, there were 60 cases of gastroduodenal perforation, 15 cases of acute cholecystitis, 8 cases of gallbladder perforation, 2 cases of sigmoid colon perforation, 35 cases of acute perforated appendicitis, 3 cases of jejunal diverticulum perforation, 1 case of foramen of Winslow hernia, 4 cases of acute pancreatitis, and 5 cases of primary peritonitis. The diagnostic accuracy was 100%. All the patients were treated laparoscopically without complications. Conclusions Laparoscopy gives a high diagnostic accuracy for acute peritonitis. The rationale for the use of it lies in the possibility of avoiding time- consuming preoperative B-ultrasonography or CT scans and performing minimally invasive surgical interventions directly.