Possibilities of laparoscopy in emergency surgery

To date, the diagnosis of surgical emergencies is carried out mainly according to the results of conventional clinical and laboratory tests, giving a significant number of diagnostic errors in daily clinical practice (according to our data, from 11 to 21.4%). There is a need to use express diagnostic methods, which would objectively and quickly indicate the nature and severity of the pathological process in abdominal cavity. These primarily include laparoscopic studies.