Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Acute Abdomen

In many occasions an emergency surgery is needed to diagnose acute abdominal pain. Laparoscopy represents a less invasive method of diagnosis that allows us to accurately diagnose, and in many cases to treat, many acute abdominal conditions, such us appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, bowel obstruction secondary to adhesions from previous surgeries, polyps/tumors, incarcerated hernias, as well as gynecological conditions (i.e., ruptured ovarian cysts).

Laparoscopic Appendectomy

One of the advantages of the minimally invasive surgery approach is the low wound infection rate. In acute appendicitis, besides less postoperative pain, laparoscopy provides better wound isolation, as all instruments are introduced through the trocars in the abdominal wall. Moreover, we place the infected appendix inside a specimen bag. These maneuvers are keeping our infection rate very low, even in purulent and/or ruptured appendicitis.

Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction

It is becoming more evident that laparoscopic surgery is an excellent tool for diagnosis in cases of bowel obstruction. But it is also a useful therapeutic technique at the Texas Endosurgery Institute. Our series is one of the largest in the world for a single Institution.