Laparoscopy in routine and emergency surgery: experience with 1,720 cases.
Experience with laparoscopy in 1,720 cases performed for surgical diseases with elective or emergency indications is reported. It is hoped that laparoscopy, a simple and harmless technic of great diagnostic value, will be employed more frequently in routine and emergency surgery.
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D000208:Acute Disease; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis