[Emergency peritoneoscopy in blunt abdominal trauma and acute abdomen (author's transl)]

Peritoneoscopy, angiography, and peritoneal lavage are highly reliable methods for the detection of intraabdominal bleedings in blunt abdominal traumas. Acute peritonitis in severely ill patients can easily be detected by peritoneoscopy, but not by other methods. The results of emergency peritoneoscopy in 166 patients with blunt abdominal trauma and 115 patients with suspected peritonitis are reported.