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In recent years, progress in technology and surgical techniques has led to a rapid development in laparoscopic surgery, which is beginning to be frequently used even for several kinds of abdominal emergencies, such as inflammatory syndromes, and more rarely in cases of trauma and bowel obstruction. In the latter, however, the indication for the laparoscopic approach today is debated among surgeons due to the potential visceral risk associated with this method and also because the scientific evidence currently available in the literature supporting the use of the laparoscopic approach over open surgery is poor.
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Catena, F. et al. (2012). Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction. In: Mandalà, V. (eds) The Role of Laparoscopy in Emergency Abdominal Surgery. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2327-7_7
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