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Role of Emergency Laparoscopy in Pediatric Patients

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The use of laparoscopic surgery in the pediatric population has grown in recent years, particularly in acute care surgery. These patients often present to hospitals without specialty-trained pediatric surgeons, and general surgeons may need to be prepared to handle these types of cases. We sought to describe some of the most common pediatric acute care surgical emergencies, along with management options, in order to better equip the dedicated general surgeon for these scenarios.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA

    Robert B. Laverty & Margaret E. Gallagher

  2. Department of Surgery, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY, USA

    Margaret E. Gallagher

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Margaret E. Gallagher

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  1. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Federico Coccolini

  2. Emergency Surgery Department, Cagliari University Hospital, A.O.U. di Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

    Mauro Podda

  3. Oklahoma Univ. School of Med. at Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA

    Robert B. Lim

  4. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Laverty, R.B., Gallagher, M.E. (2023). Role of Emergency Laparoscopy in Pediatric Patients. In: Coccolini, F., Podda, M., Lim, R.B., Chiarugi, M. (eds) Mini-invasive Approach in Acute Care Surgery. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39001-2_23

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