Preoperative progressive pneumoperitoneum for giant inguinal hernias

We present two giant inguinal hernia patients who were prepared for hernia repair with preoperative progressive pneumoperitoneum and then treated successfully by graft hernioplasty. We observed that abdominal expansion correlated with the inflated volume and pressure during the first four days of pneumperitoneum. Although insufflated gas volume can be different among patients, we observed that the duration of insufflation may be the same for similar patients.  
Source: Annals of Saudi Medicine - Category: General Medicine Tags: ISSUE 4 Source Type: research