Laparoscopic operations in infants younger than 6 months
- VernacularTitle:6个月以内婴儿腹腔镜手术的特点
- Author:
Liuming HUANG
;
Long LI
;
Gang LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Laparoscopy;
Infant
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Surgery
2001;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the characteristic s of laparoscopic operations in infants younger than 6 months. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the perio perative course of laparoscopic operations in 98 infants. Results All the 46 cases got definite diagnosis by explorative laparoscopic operations except 1 case shifted to open laparotomy. Two cases were shifted to open laparotomy in 51 therapeutic laparoscopic proced ures. Post-operative complications such as respiratory tract infection, hyperca pnia and elevation of myocardial enzyme were found in 11, 14 and 1 cases respect ively. There was no postoperative mortality, no infection nor hernia of incision s in the peri-operative period. Conclusion Appropriate application of laparoscopy in infantile surgery i s of optimistic future for less trauma and complications.
