title: [Laparoscopic surgery: injuries caused by trocars. (French Survey 1994) in reference to 103,852 interventions].
abstract: In a French retrospective survey including 103,852 laparoscopic procedure, and 390,000 port-insertion, trocar injuries rate have been evaluated. Mortality is 0.07 per thousand, quite exclusively in relation with vascular injuries (especially from aorta and iliac vessels) with a rate of 0.4 per thousand. All intra-abdominal viscera and vessels must be injured by the first blind trocar insertion. Open laparoscopy is systematically proposed to prevent these accidents.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive, Hôpital Jean-Verdier, Bondy, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Champault
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cazacu
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries; D003625:Data Collection; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000293:injuries*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Chirurgie par laparoscopie: les accidents graves des trocarts. (Enquête Française 1994) portant sur 103,852 interventions.