CARABALLOSO GARCIA, Victor J et al. Pediatric videolaparoscopic surgery in the province of Matanzas. []. , 42, 5, pp. 2416-2423.   30--2020. ISSN 1684-1824.

The indications of minimal access surgery in children have increased and the spectrum of the entities resolved with this new technique has enhanced. In March 2017, these procedures began to be used systematically at the Teaching Pediatric Hospital “Eliseo Noel Caamaño”, of Matanzas. In this article, the authors pretend to describe the results of the minimally invasive surgery in Pediatrics during the first year in the before-mentioned province. A descriptive prospective study was conducted to present the achieved results. 77 patients underwent surgery. Female sex predominated and the age group of 15-19 years. The most common surgeries were appendectomy (50.6 %) and cholecistectomy (28 %). A 4 % of conversions and 4 % complications were recorded.

: videolaparoscopic surgery; pediatric age.

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