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The Feasibility of Open Laparoscopy in Gynecologic–Oncologic Patients
- Source :
- Gynecologic Oncology. 66:138-140
- Publication Year :
- 1997
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1997.
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Abstract
- Gynecologic-oncologic patients are at increased risk for complications with closed laparoscopy. Open laparoscopy eliminates the steps of blind insufflation and trocar insertion. This study is the first large series of open laparoscopies to assess the feasibility and safety of the open laparoscopy technique in patients with gynecologic malignancies. We performed 90 open laparoscopies in 89 oncologic patients with previous major surgery (65%) and/or radiotherapy (17%) or a large omental cake (18%). Complications due to the laparoscopic access technique occurred in one patient (1%) for whom a laparotomy was performed for a small bowel perforation. The incidence of complications of the open laparoscopy technique (1%) is favorable compared to the complication rate of closed laparoscopy in gynecologic-oncologic patients. It is concluded that open laparoscopy is a safe and feasible technique in gynecologic-oncologic patients.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Insufflation
medicine.medical_specialty
Genital Neoplasms, Female
medicine.medical_treatment
Omental cake
Laparotomy
medicine
Humans
In patient
Laparoscopy
Aged
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Endoscopy
Radiation therapy
Oncology
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Feasibility Studies
Female
business
Small bowel perforation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00908258
- Volume :
- 66
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Gynecologic Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6c6a8674e63cef24f38dfa140e443b45