title: Pneumoperitoneum following hernia repair.
abstract: In a small series of 20 consecutive patients it proved impossible, using conventional radiography, to detect free intraperitoneal air following herniorrhaphy.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors