Clinical analysis of 23 patients undergoing re-operation under laparoscopy

Objective To determine the feasibility of re-operation under laparoscopy for patients with a history of laparoscopy surgery.Methods Twenty-three patients who had received laparoscopy surgery underwent re-operation under laparoscopy between March 1998 and March 2009.Their data were reviewed retrospectively.Results Among them,22 patients were operated on successfully under laparoscopy and 1 received open surgery because of failure of laparoscopy.No severe post-operative complications occurred in all patients.Conclusions With skilled laparoscopic techniques,re-operation under laparoscopy is feasible for well selected patients to obtain minimally invasive therapeutic effects.