title: [Diagnostic laparoscopy in acute abdomen].
abstract: Acute abdomen is not a disease in itself but a description of a complex of symptoms combined with severe abdominal pain developed within a time frame of less than 24 h. All strategies for the management of acute abdomen underline the need for an interdisciplinary approach to diagnosis and therapy. This requires focused and intelligent use of efficient diagnostic procedures. Diagnostic laparoscopy may be a key to solving the diagnostic dilemma of unspecific acute abdomen. Furthermore, it allows not only direct inspection of the abdominal cavity but also surgical intervention, if needed. In particular the rate of negative laparotomies can be reduced.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Deutschland. keller@medinf.mu-luebeck.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleemann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Roblick
authors.forename: H-P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Bruch
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy