PMID: 9171128Jun 1, 1997Paper

Complications of pediatric laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Endoscopy
Ciro EspositoG Esposito

Abstract

Surgical complications of laparoscopy most often occur during Veress needle or primary trocar placement. Veress needle punctures are insignificant and require no further treatment, whereas trocar-induced vascular injuries can be catastrophic. The frequency of vascular and viscus injuries is difficult to calculate because several complications are not reported in the literature. During a 10-year-period (1984-1995), at the Division of Pediatric Surgery at "Federico II" University of Naples, 430 laparoscopic procedures were performed in 395 children with a mean age of 5 years. The incidence of complications related to laparoscopy was 1.8% with eight complications, one of which was rather severe. The complications included one abdominal wall hematoma, two perforations of abdominal viscus (stomach, ovary), one umbilical scar complication, one postoperative hydrocele, one subcutaneous emphysema, and one pneumothorax during a Nissen procedure. The only severe complication occurred in a young girl with neurologic problems and a kyphoscoliosis operated on via laparoscopy for a gastroesophageal reflux. She suffered injuries of both right common iliac vessels and several intestinal perforations due to blind introduction of the first umbil...Continue Reading

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