Prevention and treatment of abdominal wall bleeding complications at trocar sites: review of the literature.
Abdominal wall bleeding may complicate any laparoscopic procedure. Piercing or laceration of vessels transversing the abdominal wall during trocar placement is generally the cause. Bleeding may occur at the very beginning of the surgery but, in some cases, it may go unrecognized for a while complicating the operation and the postoperative course. Planned and careful trocar placement can prevent most of these instances that otherwise can be readily managed avoiding severe morbidity.
Vázquez-Frias
José Antonio
JA
Department of Surgery, The American British Medical Center and The Angeles Lomas Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico. vazquezfrias@yahoo.es
Huete-Echandi
Federico
F
Cueto-Garcia
Jorge
J
Padilla-Paz
Luis Alfonso
LA
D034861:Abdominal Wall; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*