1990
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800770322
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Progressive pneumoperitoneum in the management of giant incisional hernias: A study of 41 patients

Abstract: Forty-one patients (17 men and 24 women) were treated with progressive pneumoperitoneum before repair of giant incisional hernias. The pneumoperitoneum was induced using nitrous oxide gas and a laparoscopic insufflator, and was topped up every other day for a mean of 5.5 days with a total injection of 23.2 litres of nitrous oxide. The pneumoperitoneum was well tolerated in 30 patients, caused a mild temporary pain in 10 patients and a sharp pain in one patient; no serious side-effects occurred. All the patient… Show more

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“…PI associated with portal venous gas is an ominous sign for bowel ischemia. A CT Scan is more sensitive in detecting PI and may also suggest underlying cause as compared to an abdominal x-ray [9]. However, given that its sensitivity to diagnose ischemic bowel is only in the range of 82% [10], it can make reporting PI secondary to ischemic bowel challenging for the radiologist in the absence of portal venous gas.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…PI associated with portal venous gas is an ominous sign for bowel ischemia. A CT Scan is more sensitive in detecting PI and may also suggest underlying cause as compared to an abdominal x-ray [9]. However, given that its sensitivity to diagnose ischemic bowel is only in the range of 82% [10], it can make reporting PI secondary to ischemic bowel challenging for the radiologist in the absence of portal venous gas.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Vários outros autores creditam a esse procedimento a importante redução das complicações pós-operatórias, do tempo cirúrgico e das recidivas. Isso, provavelmente, se deve à melhora das condições respiratórias e circulatórias, à expansão múscu-lo-aponeurótica com aumento da capacidade volumétrica da cavidade abdominal, além da atividade adesiolítica, liberando aderências existentes [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] . Outra vantagem consiste no fato de que a tensão intraabdominal promove melhor delimitação do defeito facilitando a execução cirúrgica 7 .…”
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“…Outra vantagem consiste no fato de que a tensão intraabdominal promove melhor delimitação do defeito facilitando a execução cirúrgica 7 . É difícil monitorizar, quantitativamente, a melhora observada , porém as evidências práticas são consistentes 3 . A manutenção e a fixação do cateter possibilitam movimentação livre e evitam o desconforto da punção diária.…”
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