title: [Peritoneal closure in abdominopelvic surgery: useful or not?].
abstract: Peritoneal closure is a classical technique in abdominopelvic surgery. However, numerous studies demonstrated that omission of this surgical procedure did not lead to increased rate of short-term postoperative complications, and shortened the operative times. As a consequence, numerous surgeons deliberately choosed not to perform peritoneal closure. This manuscript updates about this topic.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège. f.vandenbrule@chu.ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: van den Brüle
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis / Q000601:surgery*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D013536:Suture Techniques