title: Hospitalization for laparoscopy. The exception rather than the rule.
abstract: After studying a series of patients who underwent laparoscopy, the authors found that they are currently hospitalizing only 6.6% of them. They found that more patients are hospitalized for diagnostic laparoscopy than for surgical laparoscopy because of the potential need for laparotomy.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007813:Laparotomy; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012306:Risk; D013531:Surgicenters