title: Laparoscopy using a simplified open technique. A review of 585 cases.
abstract: Laparoscopy was carried out using a simplified open method on 585 patients. In the group, 173 (29.5%) had undergone a previous laparoscopy or laparotomy, 28 (4.8%) suffered from gross obesity and 1 patient had a large umbilical hernia. Laparoscopy was diagnostic in 216 (37%) patients and operative in 369 (63%). In this series there were no technical failures or major complications; the incidence of minor complications was 2.7%. The above results seem to suggest that open laparoscopy compared to the closed method may offer the advantage of a lack of contraindications secondary to previous surgery, no risk of failure with unintended laparotomy and, possibly, decreased postoperative discomfort. A larger, randomized series to settle the controversy between closed and open laparoscopy regarding the safety differences between the two approaches may result in more widespread use of the open technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Perone
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014599:Uterus / Q000293:injuries