Laparoscopy in major abdominal emergency surgery seems to be a safe procedure.

CONCLUSIONS: In a large, unselected group of major abdominal emergencies, we report a low rate of complications for operations conducted by an initial laparoscopic approach, and a high rate of conversion to open surgery, with 10% of the entire study population obtaining the benefits of a laparoscopic approach. FUNDING: none. TRIAL REGISTRATION: not relevant. PMID: 28552093 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Danish Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research