2013 Volume 33 Issue 1 Pages 81-84
The indication of laparoscopic surgery in elective situations has become popular, and is furthermore now accepted in emergency surgery. Between January 2010 and December 2011 laparoscopic surgery for acute abdominal case was performed on 269 consecutive patients in the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery of the Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital. We undertook 269 operative cases; 202 cases of appendectomy, 24 cases of ileus, and 37 cases of gastroenterological perforation. Laparoscopic surgery for emergency cases has increased year by year. Laparoscopic surgery in cases of acute abdomen can be safely performed, and has now been considered as acceptable. In educating young surgeon it would be useful to include the performance of laparoscopic surgery in cases of acute abdomen.
