A Case of Idiopathic Small Bowel Perforation Treated by Laparoscopic-assisted Surgery: A Case Report

Key Points

• To discuss a rare case of idiopathic small bowel perforation and its surgical management.
• Described a case involving a 15-year-old female patient with abdominal pain.
• Utilized abdominal CT imaging to diagnose small bowel perforation.
• Performed laparoscopic surgery to repair the perforation and wash out the abdomen.
• Conducted partial intestinal resection through a small incision.
• Identified a 5mm perforation near an adhesion site during surgery.
• Successfully closed the perforation and washed the peritoneal cavity.
• Highlighting this as the youngest case treated laparoscopically in Japan, excluding neonates.