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Laparoscopic approach in gastrointestinal emergencies

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2016-03-07

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Jimenez Rodriguez, Rosa M.
Jose Segura-Sampedro, Juan
Flores-Cortes, Mercedes
Lopez-Bernal, Francisco
Martin, Cristobalina
Pino Diaz, Veronica
Pareja Ciuro, Felipe
Padillo Ruiz, Javier

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Baishideng publishing group inc
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This review focuses on the laparoscopic approach to gastrointestinal emergencies and its more recent indications. Laparoscopic surgery has a specific place in elective procedures, but that does not apply in emergency situations. In specific emergencies, there is a huge range of indications and different techniques to apply, and not all of them are equally settle. We consider that the most controversial points in minimally invasive procedures are indications in emergency situations due to technical difficulties. Some pathologies, such as oesophageal emergencies, obstruction due to colon cancer, abdominal hernias or incarcerated postsurgical hernias, are nearly always resolved by conventional surgery, that is, an open approach due to limited intraabdominal cavity space or due to the vulnerability of the bowel. These technical problems have been solved in many diseases, such as for perforated peptic ulcer or acute appendectomy for which a laparoscopic approach has become a well-known and globally supported procedure. On the other hand, endoscopic procedures have acquired further indications, relegating surgical solutions to a second place; this happens in cholangitis or pancreatic abscess drainage. This endoluminal approach avoids the need for laparoscopic development in these diseases. Nevertheless, new instruments and new technologies could extend the laparoscopic approach to a broader array of potentials procedures. There remains, however, a long way to go.

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Minimally invasive surgery, Gastrointestinal surgery, Emergency surgery, Digestive emergencies, Abdominal emergencies, Perforated peptic-ulcer, Minimally invasive treatment, Randomized clinical-trial, Severe acute-pancreatitis, Evidence-based guidelines, Small-bowel obstruction, Esophageal-perforation, Open repair, Necrotizing pancreatitis, Meckels-diverticulum

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