Bowel Injury and Insidious Pneumoperitoneum after Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

CONCLUSIONS: Pneumoperitoneum after LLIF indicates damage to the peritoneum and the presence of bowel injury that may lead to peritonitis. However, it is difficult to distinguish pneumoperitoneum and/or bowel injury from general abdominal pain after surgery because patients may present with a wide range of symptoms. We recommend that APCT be routinely performed after LLIF surgery in order to promptly identify pneumoperitoneum and bowel injury.PMID:34407572 | DOI:10.31616/asj.2021.0132
Source: Asian Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research