EMERGENCY LAPAROSCOPY IN ABDOMINAL-PAIN S YNDROME AND IN EVALUATION OF ABDOMINAL TRAUMAS

From January 1991 to June 1993 we performed 106 emergency laparoscopie s. The patients' mean age was 31 years (17-90). There were 73 females (69%) and 33 males (31%). 8 (8%) laparoscopic evaluations of abdominal traumas were performed.Laparoscopy yielded a diagnosis in 89% of the cases. In 12 cases (11%) the laparoscopy was negative. Morbidity was 2 % and mortality 3%. The mean hospital stay was 4.5 days. Today emergen cy laparoscopic evaluation of abdominal syndromes is performed routine ly in most centers. The diagnostic rate is reported to be between 87-9 6% according to individual series. Laparoscopy may shorten the diagnos tic delay, diminish the number of paraclinical investigations and in p articular reduce the number of negative laparotomies.