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The greatest advantages of laparoscopy when compared to open surgery include the faster recovery times, shorter hospital stays, decreased postoperative pain, earlier return to work and resumption of normal daily activity as well as cosmetic benefits. Laparoscopy today is considered the gold standard of care in the treatment of cholecystitis and appendicitis worldwide. Laparoscopy has even been adopted in colorectal surgery with good results. The technological improvements in this surgical field along with the development of modern techniques and the acquisition of specific laparoscopic skills have allowed for its utilization in operations with fully intracorporeal anastomoses. Further progress in laparoscopy has included single-incision laparoscopic surgery and natural orifice trans-luminal endoscopic surgery. Nevertheless, laparoscopy for emergency surgery is still considered challenging and is usually not recommended due to the lack of adequate experience in this area. The technical difficulties of operating in the presence of diffuse peritonitis or large purulent collections and diffuse adhesions are also given as reasons. However, the potential advantages of laparoscopy, both in terms of diagnosis and therapy, are clear. Major advantages may be observed in cases with diffuse peritonitis secondary to perforated peptic ulcers, for example, where laparoscopy allows the confirmation of the diagnosis, the identification of the position of the ulcer and a laparoscopic repair with effective peritoneal washout. Laparoscopy has also revolutionized the approach to complicated diverticulitis even when intestinal perforation is present. Many other emergency conditions can be effectively managed laparoscopically, including trauma in select hemodynamically-stable patients. We have therefore reviewed the most recent scientific literature on advances in laparoscopy for acute care surgery and trauma in order to demonstrate the current indications and outcomes associated with a laparoscopic approach to the treatment of the most common emergency surgical conditions.
Core tip: Although laparoscopy today represents the undisputed standard of care for the treatment of acute cholecystitis and appendicitis worldwide, laparoscopy for emergency surgery is still considered challenging and not recommended due to the lack of adequate experience and/or appropriate laparoscopic skills. However, the potential advantages of laparoscopy, both in terms of diagnosis and therapy, are clear. Like complicated appendicitis and cholecystitis, major advantages may be observed in cases with diffuse peritonitis secondary to perforated peptic ulcers, acute diverticulitis and many other often traumatic emergency conditions.
- Citation: Mandrioli M, Inaba K, Piccinini A, Biscardi A, Sartelli M, Agresta F, Catena F, Cirocchi R, Jovine E, Tugnoli G, Di Saverio S. Advances in laparoscopy for acute care surgery and trauma. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(2): 668-680
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i2/668.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i2.668
Laparoscopy today is accepted as the gold standard in the treatment of cholecystitis and appendicitis worldwide. Currently, laparoscopy has even been adopted in colorectal surgery with good results. The advantages of laparoscopy include faster recovery, shorter hospital stay, decreased postoperative pain, earlier return to work and resumption of normal daily activity as well as cosmetic benefits[1].
The technological improvements in this field include the development and perfection of laparoscopic instruments, including endo-staplers and harmonic scalpels. The development of modern laparoscopic techniques and the acquisition of these skills by a growing number of surgeons have instilled confidence in the procedure.
Further progress in laparoscopy has been made by single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS). Through a single incision, usually transumbilical, a vast array of operations can be performed including cholecystectomies, appendectomies, colorectal resections and minor liver resections (e.g., left liver lobe resections). More recently, an innovative and challenging technique, natural orifice trans-luminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), has been developed with the intent to greatly improve outcomes in terms of cosmetics, diminished postoperative pain and faster return to normal activity. NOTES consists of performing abdominal interventions by accessing the cavity through natural orifices such as the stomach, rectum, vagina or urinary bladder, thereby achieving truly scarless surgery. For the moment, NOTES remains a surgical procedure performed at only a few centers worldwide on highly selected patients.
Whereas it is used extensively for elective surgery, laparoscopy for emergency surgery is still considered too challenging and is not usually recommended. There are numerous reasons which include technical difficulties associated with diffuse peritonitis, large purulent collections and adhesions. It is also often very difficult to plan a laparoscopic approach for after hours emergency procedures or during a night shift because the procedure is limited by time as well as by the accessibility of equipment and surgical personnel, especially in rural hospitals. Nonetheless, the potential advantages of laparoscopy, both in terms of diagnosis and therapy, for acute abdomen have been highlighted[2].
Laparoscopy can be safely performed for the treatment of acute complicated appendicitis even in the presence of a large purulent abscess or diffuse peritonitis. Gangrenous or perforated cholecystitis can likewise be managed laparoscopically as well.
A perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) is another acute condition in which laparoscopy may serve as a diagnostic tool, permit the direct repair of the defect and allow the subsequent lavage of the peritoneal cavity, providing practical advantages in terms of less postoperative pain, faster recovery and earlier return to work[3].
This minimally-invasive approach becomes very useful in cases of peritoneal carcinomatosis, allowing diagnosis as well as palliative treatment (i.e., loop ileostomy) when appropriate.
Laparoscopy has also revolutionized the approach to complicated diverticulitis, even when intestinal perforation is present. In fact, laparoscopic lavage has recently emerged as an effective alternative for the treatment of perforated diverticula with purulent peritonitis. Furthermore, if a Hartmann’s Procedure is necessary, the sigmoid resection can be safely performed laparoscopically with the end stoma fashioned after the extraction of the specimen.
Finally, the stoma reversal can be performed laparoscopically two months later with a trans-anal stapled colon-rectal anastomosis. After such minimally-invasive procedures, adhesions are usually minimized when compared to an open intervention.
Other conditions can be effectively approached laparoscopically including small-bowel obstruction, especially if due to a single adhesive band, ischemic small-bowel strangulation by volvulus on a single band, large bowel obstruction by colon carcinoma, diffuse peritonitis with or without large intra-abdominal abscess, incisional hernia and many more.
Major contraindications to the use of laparoscopy for emergency surgery are haemodynamic instability caused by severe hemorrhagic or septic shock. Another challenge concerns the use of CO2 to create pneumoperitoneum due to the possible development of respiratory failure with hypercapnia and toxic shock syndrome in older patients with multi-comorbidities[4].
The objective of the present work is to describe state of the art laparoscopic implications for the most common emergency surgical conditions. The most recent scientific literature on the advances in laparoscopy for the treatment of the most critical surgical interventions will be summarized.
Appendicitis is the most common cause of intra-abdominal surgical emergency in the Western world[5]. Clinical diagnosis of appendicitis remains imperfect and negative exploration, especially in females of childbearing age, is still as high as 34 percent[6].
Since its introduction, open appendectomy (OA) has been the gold standard of care for well over a century[7]. Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) was first described back in 1983[8] and some of its benefits were immediatly apparent: superior visualization of the peritoneal cavity, enabling the diagnosis of alternative diseases in the case of a normal appendix and cosmetic considerations.
LA is now well accepted as the gold standard of care in cases of acute appendicitis[9,10]. Many studies demonstrate LA to be feasible, safe and effective[11-16]. These studies show LA to be superior to OA due to shortened hospital stays, lower complication rates, earlier return to work and resumption of normal activity[17,18].
Nonetheless, uniform usage of LA over OA has not yet been reached. The presumed higher costs for LA are one of its major limitations. Several studies indicate that laparoscopy incurred higher operating room and supply charges owing to the use of more expensive disposable medical devices[19-21]. Expenses do vary widely and can be influenced by both technique and surgical skill.
Operative times are predominantly surgeon-dependent and increases in the learning curve correlate with a reduction in surgical time[22].
Much of the costs for LA result from the routine employment of staplers as well as disposable devices. Although staplers are easy to use, quick and provide a secure closure of the appendicular stump, equally safe and inexpensive options have been described to secure the stump. Endoloops and intracorporeal knotting have been shown to be alternative methods[23]. Loops are not recommended in cases where there is a perforated base or when inflammation occurs on the caecum wall. In such cases a stapler is preferred as the safer method of closure.
Economic analyses have been performed for the use of staplers and other disposable devices as well as for the indirect costs associated with lost productivity during hospitalization and subsequent recuperative periods[14]. Considering these costs, studies indicate LA to be less expensive than OA overall. Even when high costs of Laparoscopic conversions to open procedures are factored into the cost analysis, LA remains the most cost-effective procedure in use today.
Over the last decade, an innovative technique, single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), has been developed with the intent to improve cosmesis, postoperative pain and return to normal activity[24,25]. Transumbilical SILS has recently attracted the attention of surgeons worldwide with the innovative possibility of performing virtually scarless surgery[26] (Figures 1 and 2). Several studies and randomized trials have tested and compared single incision laparoscopic appendectomy (SILA) with LA showing similar postoperative results[27,28]. Notwithstanding, the increased costs for SILA compared with LA is still a major disadvantage that limits this technique[29,30]. Moreover, the use of angled instruments and the loss of triangulation between them, due to coaxiality, makes SILS a difficult procedure requiring advanced laparoscopic skills. These factors may be associated with an increased rate of postoperative complications and longer surgical times[30].
In addition to the cosmetic results related to the reduced number of incisions (and trocars), this has also been thought to decrease postoperative pain and to accelerate postoperative recovery. Nevertheless, the early trials did not achieve consensus on this issue[30-33].
As for the length of hospital stay and return to normal activity, SILA recovery time is nearly equal to LA[27,28] and is, therefore, not a singularly decisive factor in choosing one procedure over the other.
Although the low rate of surgical-site infection has been one of the primary advantages of LA over OA, the use of a single laparoscopic access point surprisingly emerged early-on to potentially increase the risk of postoperative wound infections[34,35]. Interestingly, a large retrospective study found that the wound infection rate became smaller over time, suggesting that the infection rate may depend more on the surgeon’s experience than with the technique[36].
Another matter of debate concerns the use of drainage. The decision to leave a drain at the end of the SILS procedure complicates the advantage of the single umbilical incision.
In conclusion, LA is the procedure of choice for the treatment of acute and complicated appendicitis, wherease SILA should be considered for the minimally-invasive treatment of acute appendicitis in selected cases at centers capable of this technique.
Abdominal adhesions represent the most common cause of intestinal obstruction, responsible for 60% to 70% of small bowel obstruction (SBO)[37].
Laparotomy is one of the most important causes of adhesions in the abdominal cavity. The incidence of abdominal adhesions after laparotomy has been estimated to be as high as 94%-95%[37]. Nevertheless, open adhesiolysis has also been the primary surgical treatment for adhesive SBO.
Owing to the small working space and the inherent difficulty in localizing the site of the obstruction along with the very high risk of causing injury to the distended bowel, laparoscopic adhesiolysis for SBO has never been considered an appropriate procedural choice for intestinal adhesions in the past.
Laparoscopic adhesiolysis for SBO was first reported by Bastug et al[38] in 1991 for the division of a single adhesive band. However, the safety of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of adhesive SBO is still unclear because only a few reports show its safety and no randomized controlled trials compare open with laparoscopic adhesiolysis[39].
The potential advantages of laparoscopic surgery for SBO are similar and include decreased length of hospital stay, fewer complications and shorter operative times (Figure 3). Higher rates of reoperation, unrecognized enterotomy, and inability to properly evaluate compromised bowel have all been cited as disadvantages to laparoscopic intervention for SBO[40]. In addition, a higher rate of bowel injury associated with laparoscopy for SBO has been reported[41]. This likely depends on the grade of the adhesions, surgeon experience[42], the use of thermal coagulation for dissection and the impaired tactile feedback during laparoscopic manipulation. Patients with no more than two prior operations, operated on early (24 h after hospitalization vs 48 h) for single band obstruction rather than diffuse adhesions are likely the most suitable for performing laparoscopic adhesiolysis[43]. One study[44] revealed that patients with SBO after only an appendectomy or a cholecystectomy are good candidates to be treated laparoscopically.
Therefore, laparoscopic adhesiolysis for SBO is recommended in selected patients with a maximum of two previous laparotomies, especially in cases of appendectomy or cholecystecomy, with a suspected single-band obstruction and after early onset of symptoms. Ultimately, adequate surgeon experience and advanced laparoscopic skills are mandatory to safely perform this practice.
Although colonic diverticula affect approximately 60% of people over 80 years old[45], current data reveal that only 4% of them will eventually develop an acute episode of diverticulitis[46].
Nonetheless, acute diverticulitis represents an increasing surgical problem worldwide.
Based on the presence of complications such as abscess, fistula, obstruction or perforation, diverticulitis can be classified as either complicated or uncomplicated. Complicated diverticulitis, demonstrated by CT imaging and graded according to the Hinchey Classification[47], often requires operative or percutaneous intervention.
In the past, emergency surgery for acute diverticulitis was performed in 15% of cases to manage acute diverticulitis complicated by intra-abdominal or pelvic abscess[48]. Today, it is commonly assumed that a small abscess of less than 4 cm without peritonitis (Hinchey stage I) can be managed successfully with broad-spectrum antibiotics, bowel rest and observation only[49]; whereas, in cases of peridiverticular abscess larger than 4 cm (Hinchey stage II), CT-guided percutaneous drainage is recommended[49].
Hinchey stage III and IV diverticulitis, the presence of a large inaccessible abscess as well as the lack of improvement or deterioration within three days of conservative management, are all well accepted indications for emergency operative treatment[49].
The surgical approach for perforated diverticulitis has radically changed over the last few decades.
The Hartmann’s Procedure has been the undisputed primary procedure for perforated diverticulitis during the last century. More recently several studies have compared non-restorative resection with primary anastomosis[50-55]. Interestingly, significant differences have resulted in favour of primary anastomosis in terms of stoma reversal rate and other complications[56]. Furthermore, studies have investigated the role of laparoscopic resection and laparoscopic lavage as an alternative to the standard open procedures for the treatment of complicated diverticulitis[57].
Laparoscopy in perforated diverticulitis can not only confirm the diagnosis, but can also be therapeutic by allowing the lavage of the peritoneal cavity. Clear indications for laparoscopic lavage in the treatment of acute diverticulitis have not yet been reached[57]. Notwithstanding, current data suggest that laparoscopic lavage could potentially become the definitive treatment for perforated diverticulitis in selected cases[57]. Laparoscopic lavage requires careful patient selection and assessment for occult perforations. Also, it is suitable only in cases of purulent peritonitis (Hinchey III). If a perforation is identified, resection with or without primary anastomosis would be required[56].
In 1991 the first laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease was reported by Jacobs[58]. To date, many studies and a few randomized trials have been published on this subject[57]. Elective laparoscopic resection emerged to be feasible and safe as well as associated with increased operative time with fewer postoperative complications and shorter hospital stay as compared to standard open colectomy[57]. Indications for laparoscopic colectomy remain uncertain and not yet widely accepted for Hinchey stage III or IV[59] (Figures 4 and 5). Laparoscopic colectomy is likely to become adopted as the standard surgical procedure for complicated diverticulitis when surgeons become more confident with the technique.
On average, 36% of cholecystectomies are performed for acute cholecystitis[60]. Cholelithiasis causes 90% of the cases of acute cholecystitis[61]; and the remaining 10% of acalculous cholecystitis[62] is usually due to other secondary conditions such as trauma, burns, recent surgery, multisystem organ failure, parenteral nutrition, AIDS or ischemia[61]. Gallstones are estimated to affect about 10%-15% of Western populations[63-66], of which 1% to 4% will develop acute cholecystitis or symptomatic cholelithiasis every year[67].
The prevalence and the superiority of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) over the standard open procedure for the treatment of acute cholecystitis is well accepted. In the US about 1.5 million cholecystectomies are performed annualy[68], of which 70%-90% are carried out laparoscopically[68,69].
In the past, there were concerns with LC due to the higher morbidity rates in emergency procedures and the higher conversion rate to an open procedure[70]. Severe inflammation and fibrotic adhesions are the main reasons for conversion in early and delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy respectively[71,72] and are the most important causes associated with bile duct injury[73]. Although retrospective studies reported a larger number of bile duct injuries associated with early laparoscopic surgery[74,75], no significant differences have ever been found in randomized trials[69]. The optimal timing of surgery in cases of acute cholecystitis has always been a topic of debate. Not long ago, patients were managed conservatively for the purpose of cooling down the inflammatory process so that operations could be performed weeks later. Current data suggest that early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis is superior to late or delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy in terms of outcome and costs[68,76]. During the first 72 h surgical dissection may be easiest because of the lack of organized adhesions[77], reducing the risk of bile duct injuries and decreasing the rate of complications.
The concept of early cholecystectomy has now been discussed by some authors in terms of what should be considered the “golden hours”. In fact, although guidelines recommend laparoscopic cholecystectomy within the first 48-72 h after symptom onset[78-80], a recent randomized trial has showed laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed within 24 h of admission to be superior when compared to delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy[81].
Transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has recently been introduced with the intent to improve cosmetic results by leaving no visible exterior abdominal scars. Since the surgical evidence is hidden within the umbilicus, SILC subsequently decreases postoperative pain and accelerates postoperative recovery as well. Interestingly however, randomized trials comparing SILC vs LC showed no differences in the Visual Analog Scale pain score or postoperative analgesic administration[82,83]. It is likely that total wound tension may rise non-linearly with increasing incision length[84] and so tension across multiple incisions may be less than the total tension for a single incision of the same total length[84]. Accordingly, using two small trocars should be better than using a single large trocar[82]. In addition, despite the smaller skin incision in SILS, the total size of fascial defects may be equal to the size required for classic laparoscopy.
Even though SILC has been associated with slightly longer surgical times[82,83], mostly due to the advanced laparoscopic skills required to perform it, the procedure may also negatively affect postoperative complication rates. Because of the short follow-up time available, data regarding incisional hernia rates are sparse and more comparative evidence is still needed. Theoretically, the larger fascial incision with SILS would increase the risk of postoperative hernias.
Finally, heterogenity exists among the procedures described as SILC in scientific literature, especially regarding the employment of different multiport devices and instruments.
SILC may be considered as a safe alternative to LC for the treatment of gallstone-related disease in selected uncomplicated patients. However, further study will be required before widespread use of this technique can be advocated.
Although the incidence of PPU drastically decreased after the identification of Helicobacter pylori as the prime cause with the subsequent introduction of proton pump inhibitor therapy in clinical practice[85,86], the diagnosis of PPU has been increasing over the past decade possibly due to the larger-scale use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs[87].
The surgical treatment of PPU consists of the repair of gastric or duodenal defects by direct suturing with or without placement of an omental patch, peritoneal lavage and drainage.
The attempt to laparoscopically repair a PPU was first described at the beginning of the laparoscopic era many years ago[88,89]. The laparoscopic approach to PPU has several advantages including the confirmation of the diagnosis, the subsequent identification of the ulcer and possibly its closure, with lavage of the peritoneal cavity, all without the need for a laparotomy (Figures 6 and 7). Nevertheless, early randomized trials did not find any advantage of laparoscopic PPU repair as compared with the open approach[90].
Throughout the most recent literature, laparoscopy has emerged as a feasible and safe, effective alternative to the traditional open treatment of PPU, if conducted by expert operators on properly selected patients[91]. Notwithstanding, only a few randomized trials were conducted comparing laparoscopic vs open repair of PPU and none of them reported statistically significant differences with regard to post-operative pain or complications[90]. The exception to this is a recent randomized, controlled trial showing laparoscopic repair of PPU to be associated with decreased post-operative pain, hospital length of stay and morbidity[92].
Although laparoscopy for PPU provides potential advantages over open repair in terms of postoperative morbidity and mortality, published data are sparse and further randomized controlled trials with larger sample sizes are needed to arrive at substantiated conclusions.
The old assumption that laparoscopy in abdominal trauma must be absolutely avoided because it is correlated with a high incidence of complications is yesterday’s medicine[93].
Laparoscopic exploration may offer decisive information and thereby prevent delays in providing definitive treatment[94-96]. Laparoscopy must be reserved for hemodynamically-stable patients in selected cases. Early series have demonstrated that laparoscopy can reduce negative laparotomies[96], with a decrease in morbidity and mortality rates related to the additional surgical trauma[95].
Laparoscopy may also be useful in hemodynamically-stable patients with suspected hollow viscus injuries or with diaphragmatic lesions when radiological imaging is doubt. In such cases, non-operative management (NOM) cannot be recommended because of the high risk of suspected lesions[97,98]. In this role, laparoscopy may avoid a negative laparotomy in more than 50% of cases[97,99]. Laparoscopy may also be therapeutic and allow definitive treatment for many types of injuries such as the repair of diaphragmatic or hollow viscus lesions by direct suturing (Figures 8 and 9). Moreover, if detected, a mesenteric laceration, often the cause of intra-abdominal bleeding after trauma, may be treated laparoscopically.
In cases of NOM failure, only in hemodynamically-stable patients, should a laparoscopic approach be attempted first.
Delayed laparoscopy can also be proposed, both for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes[100,101], in cases of hepatic-related complications such as bleeding, biloma, hepatic abscess or necrosis and the development of abdominal compartment syndrome[102-104].
Surgery, as a scientific endeavor, is an everchanging, evolving discipline. Laparoscopy is the direct result of surgical progress. For emergency surgery, laparoscopy has changed the approach to acute cholecystitis and is now recognized as the standard of care in the management of acute appendicitis. In addition, laparoscopy has been utilized for the treatment of many other emergency conditions demonstrating its potential to impact many other diseases traditionally treated with open surgery.
Supported by recent scientific literature, we feel that laparoscopy can no longer be considered only for elective patients. We must leave outdated, negative attitudes regarding emergency laparoscopy and extend this minimally-invasive surgical technique to a wider spectrum of acute abdominal cases.
All intraoperative and postoperative pictures are courtesy of Dr. Salomone Di Saverio, MD, FACS, FRCS, Attending Surgeon, and are taken from his own patient’s database and library of personal surgical procedures. All laparoscopic procedures shown in the images have been performed by Dr. Salomone Di Saverio, MD, FACS, FRCS.
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