[Progressive pneumoperitoneum in the surgical treatment of conspicuous ventral hernias. Importance of the procedure to restore a good respiratory function].
A recent clinical report regarding a patient with a voluminous laparocele treated using progressive pneumoperitoneum justifies this short paper on the use of this method as a preparatory act to reparative surgery. The paper emphasises the undoubted advantages deriving from the use of this technique, especially in the case of those subjects with a particularly poor respiratory function secondary to hernia.
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Cattedra di patologia Speciale Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
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D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology