[Minor abdominal trauma by laparoscopic surgery? Comparison of adhesion formation and intestinal motility after laparoscopic and conventional operations in the dog].

Early postoperative intestinal motility after conventional and laparoscopic cholecystectomy was registered in dogs (n = 10) by implanted serosal electrodes to compare the abdominal trauma. In addition postoperative adhesions after laparoscopic and conventional resection of the cecum were measured in dogs (n = 14). A significantly shortened postoperative atony occurred after laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with the conventional operations. Laparoscopic operations caused significantly less adhesions. After conventional operations extensive adhesions to the abdominal wall and interenteric adhesions were found. The shortened postoperative atony and the reduced adhesions document the minor abdominal trauma of laparoscopic surgery.