title: [Negative emergency laparotomies 1950-1989].
abstract: In order to list the negative emergency laparotomies, the records of 24,494 laparotomies performed from 1950 to 1989 were examined. 211 negative laparotomies were performed over this 40 years period: 49 for abdominal trauma, 42 for supposed intestinal obstruction, 44 for supposed peritonitis or visceral infection, 46 for presumed early post-operative abdominal complications and 30 for gastrointestinal bleeding. Over these 4 decades, the emergency laparotomy rate and negative laparotomy rate remained stable despite changes in the diagnostic tools, in the age of the patients and the frequency of their diseases.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie générale, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Testart
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cheysson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peillon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Demelenne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watelet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tenière
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D007813:Laparotomy; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation
vernacular_title: Laparotomies blanches en urgence, de 1950 à 1989.