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Drainage of hepatic amebic abscess successfully treated by laparoscopy
P J Robles1, J G Lara, B Lancaster
1Department of Surgery, Hospital Del Carmen, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
A case of hepatic amebic abscess is presented that was treated successfully by laparoscopy. The patient was fully worked up, including computed tomography (CT) scan, video-colonoscopy, and blood profiles. The laparoscopic surgical technique is fully discussed and proved to be a very useful tool in the management of this problem, obviating the need for a formal laparotomy and its potential complications.