| Literature DB >> 18225733 |
J M Casanelli1, E Keli, J N'Dri, G Aboua, M Keita, G Meneas, C Blegole, B Moussa, A Sidibe, J J Toure, F Yamossou, H A N'Guessan.
Abstract
Laparoscopic surgery is now a widely accepted modality for gastrointestinal surgery. In this report the authors evaluate their four-year experience with laparoscopic surgery in a total of 494 patients in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Cholecystectomy and appendectomy were the main indications in this series. However laparoscopic surgery has a wide range of applications in Black Africa not only for elective indications such as evaluation of chronic abdominal pain and digestive cancer but also emergency indications such as peritonitis and abdominal trauma.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 18225733
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Trop (Mars) ISSN： 0025-682X