Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Trauma Patients: Do We Need to Open and See if We Can See Without Opening?
Kati HageAdam NelsonMuhammad Haris KhurshidCollin StewartHamidreza HosseinpourStanley OkosunOmar HejaziLouis J MagnottiSai Krishna BhogadiBellal JosephPublished in: The Journal of surgical research (2024)
With advances in minimally invasive surgery, unnecessary exploratory laparotomy can be avoided in many trauma patients. Our study shows that hemodynamically stable patients undergoing DL had superior outcomes compared to those with NL.