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. 2003 May 6;17(7):1118–1124. doi: 10.1007/s00464-002-9114-1

Table 2.

Management of patients with nonspecific abdominal pain after diagnostic laparoscopy

Diagnosis n Laparoscopic appendectomy n (%) Laparoscopic treatment n (%) Target minilaparotomy n (%)
Acute appendicitis 61 61
Gynecologic problems 24 9 2
Acute diverticulitis 5 1
Mesenteric ischemia 2 1
Ruptured hepatoma 1
Terminal ileitis 1 1
Torsion of the omentum 1 1
Mesenteric lymphadenitis 1 1
Normal 33 22
Total 129 95 (74) 3 (2) 1 (1)