Tag: laparoscopy

appendicitis

EAES rapid guideline: appendicitis in the elderly (2021)

by Lukas Widmer

Antoniou SA, Mavridis D, Kontouli KM, Drakopoulos V, Gorter-Stam M, Eriksson S, et al. EAES rapid guideline: appendicitis in the elderly. Surg Endosc 2021;35:3233–43. doi:10.1007/s00464-021-08524-9. Inclusion/Exclusion The overarching inclusion criterion was patient age ≥ 65 years. Exclusion criteria were robotic surgery, natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, and single-incision laparoscopic surgery. Recommendations We suggest against the […]

obstetrics perioperative care

SAGES guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy (2017)

by Lukas Widmer

Pearl JP, Price RR, Tonkin AE, Richardson WS, Stefanidis D. SAGES guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy. Surg Endosc. Springer US; 2017;31:3767–82. Diagnosis and Workup Guideline 1: Ultrasound imaging during pregnancy is safe and effective in identifying the etiology of acute abdominal pain in many patients and should be the initial imaging test […]