[Laparoscopy in acute intestinal obstruction].

The results of the use of emergency laparoscopy in 78 patients are presented. Of 25 patients with clinical signs of acute ileus (AI), the diagnosis was confirmed in 12, of 42 with suspected AI--in 14. In 11 cases, AI was a laparoscopic finding. In 18% of the cases, no changes in the internal organs were revealed at investigation, in 30.8%--the other diseases of the abdominal organs were diagnosed. In 6 patients, AI was dynamic, in 8--strangulative, in 23--obstructive. Laparoscopic investigation performed in 94.9% of cases permitted to establish the accurate diagnosis.