Aplicações da cirurgia videolaparoscópica em crianças

OBJECTIVES: to present the videolaparoscopies performed by the Children's Surgery Service, and study the main indications for pediatric laparoscopic surgeries, considering advantages and disadvantages over conventional open procedures. METHODS: retrospective analysis of 612 videolaparoscopies i...

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Autores: Esteves, Edward [UNIFESP], O. Neto, Miguel, C. Neto, Eriberto, Terêncio Jr., Osmar, Carvalho, Bernardina B., Pereira, Ruy E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/1253
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0021-75572001000500012
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/1253
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:pediatric surgery
videolaparoscopy
gastroesophageal reflux
acute abdomen
trauma
cirurgia pediátrica
videolaparoscopia
refluxo gastroesofágico
abdome agudo
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: to present the videolaparoscopies performed by the Children's Surgery Service, and study the main indications for pediatric laparoscopic surgeries, considering advantages and disadvantages over conventional open procedures. METHODS: retrospective analysis of 612 videolaparoscopies in children aged between 8 days and 17 years treated from November/95 to 2000. Basic principles of videolaparoscopy and the postoperative management of several pediatric diseases are described. The results, advantages, and complications were analyzed after a 5-year follow-up period. RESULTS:laparoscopic surgery allowed for a wide series of abdominal procedures conventionally carried out through open surgery, mainly for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, inflammatory acute abdomen, adhesive intestinal obstruction, biliary lithiasis, tumors, cryptorchidism, ovarian diseases, splenectomies, aganglionosis, trauma and others. Morbidity was low (1%), and mortality due to laparoscopy was nonexistent. Conversion to laparotomy occurred in only 14 cases (2.3%), mainly because of trauma. The principal advantages included minimal surgical trauma, pain and reflex ileum, short hospital stay, almost no incisional hernias and better cosmetic scars. CONCLUSIONS: videolaparoscopy seems to be a great advance in modern pediatric surgery, allowing safer and less invasive treatment of a wide series of abdominal diseases at all pediatric ages.