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Artificial pneumoperitoneum represents a therapeutic technique first applied in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in prechemotherapy antimycobacterial era. A 25-year-old patient presented with pulmonary TB diagnosed during the 8th month of her pregnancy. She was febrile and in severe
Pneumoperitoneum, or the accumulation of free air in the peritoneal cavity, is commonly associated with visceral perforation, mandating emergent surgical intervention. Non-surgical pneumoperitoneum, where visceral perforation is not the cause, does not commonly require surgical management. Chronic
OBJECTIVE
Postoperative pneumoperitoneum following laparoscopic surgery is self-limited, typically resolving within days.
METHODS
We analyzed the case of a 48-y-old woman who presented with acute abdominal pain 48 d after a total laparoscopic hysterectomy. Imaging studies revealed free air under the
Spontaneous pneumoperitoneum is the radiographic manifestation of free air in the peritoneal cavity without visceral perforations and peritoneal signs, and it occurs in about 10% of the cases of pneumoperitoneum. The etiology can be postoperative, thoracic, abdominal, gynecologic, idiopathic; it
Drainage of the mediastinum or thoracic cavity following bypass surgery is a routine procedure. A case is reported where pneumoperitoneum developed after the surgical procedure with vague abdominal symptoms accompanied by fever and leukocytosis. Because of the possibility of a rupture of an
Despite having many advantages, living donor liver transplantation has not been adopted by western countries due to risk of nearly life-threatening complications after living donor hepatectomy (LDH). Herein, we aimed at presenting the management of a 19-year-old patient who suffered life-threatening
Point-of-care ultrasound is increasingly important in the management of acute medical emergencies. An elderly man was brought to the emergency department after 2 days of fever and urinary retention. He was drowsy and had peri-arrest arrhythmia. He was hypoperfused peripherally with a BACKGROUND
Benign pneumoperitoneum (BPPT) is defined as asymptomatic free intraabdominal air or as pneumoperitoneum without peritonitis. Symptomatic free air requires surgical anagement, but management of asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum is controversial. In this study, we investigate the diagnosis and
Objective: To evaluate clinical presentation and surgical outcome in children with enteric perforation.
Methods: A descriptive retrospective study was conducted in Department
A 58-year-old man was admitted with fever and arthralgia. He had some symptoms suggesting the incomplete type of Behçet disease, and a routine chest X-ray films showed the presence of massive pneumoperitoneum (PP). Exploratory laparotomy revealed no evidence of gastrointestinal perforation or
Pneumoperitoneum results from a perforation of the gastrointestinal tract in the majority of instances and the necessity for surgery is involved. In some cases with monosymptomatic pneumoperitoneum, surgery is unnecessary. A case of a man aged 64 with great amount of free intraperitoneal air is
An 84-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with high fever, and she suddenly complained of severe abdominal pain the next day. Computed tomography revealed a gas-containing abscess in the lateral segment of the liver, with spontaneous pneumoperitoneum. An emergency lateral segmentectomy was
OBJECTIVE
To describe the medical management of pneumoperitoneum without surgical intervention in a dog that sustained blunt force trauma to the thorax. To review the mechanisms of how a thoracic injury (ie, extra-abdominal source) can lead to pneumoperitoneum.
METHODS
A 4-month-old Shih Tzu puppy
BACKGROUND
To assess the incidence and clinical significance of pneumoperitoneum after radiologic percutaneous gastrojejunostomy (PGJ) tube insertion.
METHODS
Sixteen subjects were prospectively assessed after imaging-guided PGJ tube insertion to discern the incidence of pneumoperitoneum related to
A five-day-old male was admitted to Mt Hagen Hospital with a history of vomiting, fever and rapidly progressive abdominal distension of one-day duration. Urgent abdominal X-ray revealed pneumoperitoneum. Laparotomy revealed a malrotation of the intestine with jejunal perforation. The baby died