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Nonspecific Abdominal Pain

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The Role of Laparoscopy in Emergency Abdominal Surgery

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Abstract

Nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) is not a defined disease, but is a collection of conditions. The term NSAP refers to an abdominal or pelvic pain of less than 7 days’ duration for which the diagnosis remains uncertain after clinical examination and baseline investigations [1]. Clearly, it must not be accompanied by signs of peritonitis, hemodynamic instability, or other obvious clinical presentation requiring urgent intervention.

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Morino, M., Famiglietti, F. (2012). Nonspecific Abdominal Pain. In: Mandalà, V. (eds) The Role of Laparoscopy in Emergency Abdominal Surgery. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2327-7_11

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