Fluoroscopy-guided laparoscopy in the management of intraabdominal foreign body.
Appendicitis or perforation as a result of intraluminal foreign body is uncommon. The method of diagnosis and proper approach for an elective appendectomy in an otherwise silent intraluminal foreign body is under dispute. A laparoscopic exploration under intraoperative fluoroscopy guidance was performed in a mentally retarded 9-year-old boy with asymptomatic foreign bodies in the right lower abdominal quadrant. The authors recommend laparoscopic appendectomy, assisted by intraoperative fluoroscopy for patients with pointed foreign bodies in the appendix.
Ekingen
Gulsen
G
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Guvenc
B Haluk
BH
Senel
Ufuk
U
Korkmaz
Mevlit
M
D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male