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The use of laparoscopic surgery in pregnancy: evaluation of safety and efficacy

The use of laparoscopic surgery in pregnancy: evaluation of safety and efficacy. Department of Surgery, University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA.

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The use of laparoscopic surgery in pregnancy: evaluation of safety and efficacy

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  1. The use of laparoscopic surgery in pregnancy: evaluation of safety and efficacy Department of Surgery, University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA

  2. BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery in pregnant women has become increasingly more common since the 1990s; however, the safety of laparoscopy in this population has been widely debated, particularly in emergent and urgent situations.

  3. None obstetric surgery procedures are required in approximately 1 in 635 pregnancies. Acute appendicitis and symptomatic biliary disease being the most common indication. Appendiceal perforation is much higher in the pregnant population. Perforated appendicitis is the most common general surgical cause of fetal loss during pregnancy(20%).

  4. Cholecystectomy is required in 45% of pregnant patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis with a 5% rate of fetal loss associated with open cholecystectomy. Pregnancy remains a relative contraindication for laparoscopic procedures.

  5. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of all pregnant women following a nonobstetric abdominal operation at a University hospital between 1993 and 2007. Perioperative morbidity and mortality for the mother and fetus were evaluated.

  6. RESULTS: Ninety-four subjects were identified; 53 underwent laparoscopic procedures and 41 underwent open procedures. Cholecystectomy and appendectomy were performed in both groups with salpingectomy/ovarian cystectomy only in the laparoscopic group.

  7. No maternal deaths occurred, while fetal loss occurred in 3 cases within 7 days of the operation and in 1 case 7 weeks postoperatively. This and other perinatal complications occurred in 36.7% of the laparoscopic group and 41.7% of the open group.

  8. :comments This retrospective review: laparoscopic cholecystectomy and appendectomy were as save as and effective as their open procedures. Affleck et al: 67 laparoscopic operation without any mother and fetus mortality. Halkic et al: 16 laparoscopic operation without any mother and fetus mortality.

  9. In this

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