title: [Evaluation of a four-year experience with laparoscopic surgery in Abidjan, Ivory Coast].
abstract: Laparoscopic surgery is now a widely accepted modality for gastrointestinal surgery. In this report the authors evaluate their four-year experience with laparoscopic surgery in a total of 494 patients in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Cholecystectomy and appendectomy were the main indications in this series. However laparoscopic surgery has a wide range of applications in Black Africa not only for elective indications such as evaluation of chronic abdominal pain and digestive cancer but also emergency indications such as peritonitis and abdominal trauma.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale, digestive et endocrinienne, BP V3 CHU de Treichville Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. casanelli@voila.fr
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Casanelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: N'Dri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aboua
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keita
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meneas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blegole
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sidibe
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Toure
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamossou
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: N'Guessan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies