Laparoscopy Compared With Laparotomy for the Management of Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is minimal evidence evaluating the risks and benefits of laparoscopy use in hemodynamically stable children with suspected abdominal injuries. The objective of this study was to evaluate postoperative outcomes in a large cohort of hemodynamically stable pediatric patients with blunt abdominal injury.

Methods

Using the 2015-2016 National Trauma Data Bank, all patients aged <18 y with injury severity score (ISS) ≤25, Glasgow coma scale ≥13, and normal blood pressure who underwent an abdominal operation for blunt abdominal trauma were included. Patients were grouped into three treatment groups: laparotomy, laparoscopy, and laparoscopy converted to laparotomy. Treatment effect estimation with inverse probability weighting was used to determine the association be

SUBMITTER: Butler EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247932 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature