Laparoscopic treatment of appendico-cecal intussusception

C Galatioto; C Angrisano; M Blois; O Goletti; P Buccianti; L Lorenzetti; M Massimetti; G Palla; M Seccia; E Cavina

Laparoscopic treatment of appendico-cecal intussusception

Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 1999 Oct;9(5):362-4.

Authors

C Galatioto¹, C Angrisano, M Blois, O Goletti, P Buccianti, L Lorenzetti, M Massimetti, G Palla, M Seccia, E Cavina

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 10803400

Abstract

Laparoscopy is a therapeutic possibility in pediatric surgery. A case of appendiceal intussusception treated laparoscopically in a 27-month-old girl is presented. The postoperative course was normal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Appendectomy / methods
Appendix*
Cecal Diseases / surgery*
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Intussusception / surgery*
Laparoscopy*