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Open Access 01-12-2006 | Editorial

Guidelines for emergency laparoscopy

Authors: Edmund AM Neugebauer, Stefan Sauerland

Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery | Issue 1/2006

Abstract

Acute abdominal pain is a leading symptom in many surgical emergency patients. Laparoscopy allows for accurate diagnosis and immediate therapy of many intraabdominal pathologies. The guidelines of the EAES (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery) provides scientifically founded recommendations about the role of laparoscopy in the different situations. Generally, laparoscopy is well suited for the therapy of the majority of diseases that cause acute abdominal pain.

Sauerland S, Agresta F, Borzellino G, Budzynski A, Champault G, Fingerhut A, Isla A, Johansson M, Lundorff P, Navez B, Saad S, Neugebauer EAM: Laparoscopy for abdominal emergencies – Evidence based guidelines. Surg Endosc. 2006, 20: 14-29. 10.1007/s00464-005-0564-0.CrossRefPubMed

Title: Guidelines for emergency laparoscopy
Authors: Edmund AM Neugebauer
Stefan Sauerland
Publication date: 01-12-2006
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery / Issue 1/2006
Electronic ISSN: 1749-7922
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-1-31

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