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13th International Congress of the European Assoc. for Endoscopic Surgery , Venice, Italy, June 2005. Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany Department of General Surgery, Presidio Ospedaliero di Vittorio Veneto (TV),Vittorio Veneto, Italy
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13th International Congress of the European Assoc. for Endoscopic Surgery , Venice, Italy, June2005 Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany Department of General Surgery, Presidio Ospedaliero di Vittorio Veneto (TV),Vittorio Veneto, Italy Department of Research and Development, Forde Health System, Forde, Norway I Divisione Clinicizzata di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Borgo Trento, Universitá di Verona, Italy 2nd Department of General Surgery, Collegium Medicum of Jagiellonian University,Krakow, Poland Department of Digestive Surgery, CHU J. Verdier, Av. du 14,Bondy, France Centre Hospitalier de Poissy-Saint Germain, 10, rue du Champ Gaillard,Poissy Cedex, France Upper Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Unit, Ealing and Charing Cross Hospitals,London ,UK Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital,Gothenburg, Sweden Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Viborg Sygehus, Viborg, Denmark Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hôpital St. Joseph,Charleroi, B 6060 Gilly, Belgium Dept. of Abdominal, Vascular and Transpl. Surgery, University of Witten-Herdecke,Cologne, Germany
Consensus Conference Conclusions Due to diagnostic and therapeutic advantages, laparoscopic surgery is useful for the majority of conditions underlying acute abdominal pain, but noninvasive diagnostic aids should be exhausted first. Depending on symptom severity, laparoscopy should be advocated if routine diagnostic procedures have failed to yield results.