• Cirugía española · Dec 2007

    Case Reports

    [Pneumoperitoneum in polytraumatized patients without perforated hollow viscera].

    • Juan Antonio Asanza-Llorente, María Carmen Quesada-Peinado, Juan Díaz-Oller, José Martín Moreno-Montesinos, and María Teresa Medina-Domínguez.
    • Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital San Agustín, Linares, Jaén, España. juannito@telefonica.net
    • Cir Esp. 2007 Dec 1;82(6):364-6.

    AbstractBowel and mesenteric injuries from blunt abdominal trauma are infrequent and difficult to diagnose. A finding of pneumoperitoneum on computed tomography is useful, although not specific. In associated blunt chest trauma gas can reach the peritoneal cavity through congenital or post-traumatic diaphragmatic interruptions. Two cases of pneumoperitoneum following associated blunt chest and abdominal trauma are reported. In both patients laparotomy did not show bowel perforation and conservative treatment could have been provided.

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