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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 71-74 |
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Role of laparoscopy in nonspecific abdominal pain
Mir Mujtaba Ahmad1, Hanief Mohamed Dar1, Malik Waseem2, Hilal wani1, Irfan Nazir1, Asif Jeelani1
1 Department of General Surgery, GMC, Srinagar, J and K, India
2 Department of SPM, GMC, Srinagar, J and K, India
Correspondence Address:
Mir Mujtaba Ahmad
Lane No. 1, Tawheed Abad, Nowshehra, Srinagar 190 011, Jammu and Kashmir
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2320-3846.147021
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Objective: The aim was to determine the role of laparoscopy in the management of nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP). Background: NSAP constitutes a good proportion of surgical admissions, both in emergency and elective settings with considerable diagnostic dilemma. Patients and Methods: All patients who presented with pain abdomen with no immediate cause and were labeled as NSAP after clinical assessment and investigations and following that underwent laparoscopy to make a definitive diagnosis were included in the study. Results: A total of 88 patients were included in the study. There were 59 (67%) females and 29 (33%) males. The mean age was 26 years (range 18-58 year). The common mode of admission was out-patient department 69 (78.4%) patients. Twenty-five (28.4%) patients presented with NSAP in lower abdomen, followed by 21 (23.8%) with right lower abdominal pain and 19 (21.5%) with central pain radiating to right lower abdomen. Diagnosis was established in 75 (85.2%) patients. In 13 (14.7%) no pathology was found. The most common diagnosis was pathology of appendix in 29 (32.9%) patients followed by pelvic pathology in 18 (20.4%) and abdominal tuberculosis in 14 (15.9%) patients. Most 37 (42%) of the patients stayed in the hospital for 24 h. There was no readmission and no major postoperative complications. Conclusions: Laparoscopy has a definitive role in diagnostic dilemma associated with NSAP. It has at the same time role in treatment of the condition; hence laparoscopy has a diagnostic and a therapeutic implication in management of NSAP. |
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