Laparoscopy in Non-Traumatic Emergency General Surgery Operations

Role of Laparoscopy in Emergency Abdominal Surgery

Role of minimal access surgery is uncertain in emergency abdominal surgery. The objective of this review article is to explore the role of laparoscopy in various acute abdominal conditions requiring operative intervention.

Operations of General Surgery

Damage control operations in non-trauma patients: defining criteria for the staged rapid source control laparotomy in emergency general surgery.

BACKGROUND The staged laparotomy in the operative management of emergency general surgery (EGS) patients is an extension of trauma surgeons operating on this population. Indications for its application, however, are not well defined, and are currently based on the lethal triad used in physiologically-decompensated trauma patients. This study sought to determine the acute indications for the sta...

[The role of laparoscopy in emergency abdominal surgery].

Abdominal emergencies can also be operated on through the laparoscopic approach: the approach can be diagnostic laparoscopy, surgery assisted by laparoscopy or laparotomy directed according to the findings of the laparoscopy. The general contraindications refer above all to the state of haemodynamic instability of the patient and to seriously ill patients (ASA IV). In the absence of any specifi...

Emergency general surgery in the geriatric patient.

BACKGROUND Emergency general surgery in the elderly is a particular challenge to the surgeon in charge of their care. The aim was to review contemporary aspects of managing elderly patients needing emergency general surgery and possible alterations to their pathways of care. METHODS This was a narrative review based on a PubMed/MEDLINE literature search up until 15 September 2015 for publicat...