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- D Simon, S Epstein, C Dotzenrath, and H D Röher.
- Klinik für Allgemeine und Unfallchirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
- Zentralbl Chir. 1999 Jan 1; 124 (9): 848-50.
AbstractLaparoscopy is very useful in penetrating abdominal trauma, in particular to exclude intraabdominal lesions in stab wounds. In blunt abdominal trauma laparoscopy is not the first choice of diagnostic means though it warrants comparable good results to CTscan and ultrasound. Invasiveness, high costs, and time consuming procedure require a critical and specific application making it suitable especially in unclear clinical situations and equivocal diagnostic findings. Without doubt laparoscopy is only useful in hemodynamically stable patients and is of secondary value in polytraumatized patients. In the future it has to be thought about laparoscopy in local anesthesia and in bedside procedure e.g. on the intensive care unit. Laparoscopy should be regarded as an integral part of diagnostic spectrum in blunt abdominal trauma.
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