[Diagnostic laparoscopy in hematologic patients]

The authors analyze indications, technique and results of 143 laparoscopies in blood diseases and diseases with hematological symptoms; evidence obtained at combined and separate hepatic and splenic biopsies (55, 84 and 1 patients, respectively). Trepan biopsy was preferred to other biopsies. The technique proposed by the authors is complications safe even in patients with serious hemostatic disorders.