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Laparoscopy does have a role in tuberculous peritonitis
BMJ 1996; 313 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7065.1145c (Published 02 November 1996) Cite this as: BMJ 1996;313:1145
- J Hossain,
- M Kinirons,
- R R Lewis
- Senior registrar Consultant physician Consultant physician Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT
EDITOR,—We question a statement made in the discussion of the Grand Round on tuberculous peritonitis.1 H J F Hodgson states that, “other things being equal, a trial of antituberculous treatment [rather than laparoscopy] is justified”; this comment is based on anecdotal experience of one patient who died when laparoscopy led to a laparotomy. The …
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