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- Title
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laparoscopy for Stab Wounds of the Anterior Abdomen.
- Authors
Fabiani, Pascal; Iannelli, Antonio; Mazza, Davide; Bartels, Anne-Marie; Venissac, Nicolas; Baqué, Patric; Gugenheim, J.
- Abstract
Background: At present, laparoscopy is used mainly as a diagnostic tool in patients with abdominal stab wounds. Patients and Methods: Thirty-two hemodynamically stable patients with isolated stab wounds of the anterior abdomen, thought to be penetrating, were prospectively selected to undergo treatment via a laparoscopic approach. When possible, parenchymal wounds were coagulated or sealed, and wounds to the intestines were sutured or stapled. Results: The results of laparoscopy were negative in 6 (18.8%) of the cases: nonpenetrating wounds in 4 cases and nonsignificant organ injury in 2 cases. A hemoperitoneum was identified in 13 (40.6%) of the cases, and significant organ injuries in 26 (81.3%) of the cases: stomach, 2; small bowel, 5; colon, 2; pancreas, 1; vascular injuries, 4; liver, 5; mesentery, 9. Laparoscopy was therapeutic in 20 (62.3%) of the cases. Conversion to open surgery was required in 6 (18.8%) of the cases. No injuries were missed, and no mortality occurred. Postoperative complications developed in 2 (6.2%) of the cases. The mean hospital stay was 4 days, with no late complications. Conclusions: Laparoscopy can avoid a number of unnecessary laparotomies and can treat most of the lesions found in hemodynamically stable patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds.
- Subjects
LAPAROSCOPY; THERAPEUTICS; STAB wounds; PENETRATING wounds; ABDOMINAL surgery
- Publication
Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 2003, Vol 13, Issue 5, p309
- ISSN
1092-6429
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/109264203769681682