Emergency laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of children with space-occupying abdominal lesions (clinical observations)

Abstract

Palpable abdominal masses in children urgently hospitalized with acute abdominal pain require a hands-on diagnostic and treatment approach. The clinical observations of children operated for ovarian torsion and localized appendicular peritonitis demonstrate objective difficulties of ultrasound evaluation of the abdominal cavity in complicated forms of the diseases, the effectiveness of laparoscopy for diagnosis and determination of the adeqaute scope of surgical intervention. The article is supplemented with the results of radiological studies, laparoscopy, and a brief review of the literature.

Keywords

• laparoscopy
• children
• localized appendiceal peritonitis
• ovarian torsion in girls