The Pattern of Causes of Pneumoperitoneum-induced Peritonitis: Results of an Empirical Study

Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure
Ahmed M Makki

Abstract

Pneumoperitoneum refers to presence of free air within the peritoneal cavity, "Pneumoperitoneum induced Peritonitis" is synonymous of surgical pneumoperitoneum, as the leak of air and visceral contents contaminates the peritoneal cavity, producing peritonitis which mandates surgery. This entire pneumoperitoneum may result from inflammatory conditions, traumatic injury, neoplasia, anastomotic leak and vascular causes. The objectives of this study is to determine the incidence of Pneumoperitoneum-induced Peritonitis (surgical pneumoperitoneum) in emergency exploratory laparotomies, to identify the common anatomical sites of perforations and to review the pathological etiology of these cases. Review of 450 cases of emergency exploratory laparotomy cases performed in King Abdulaziz University Hospital from January 2011 to December 2015, among them 131 cases with radiologically documented pneumoperitoneum were selected to be involved in the study of surgical pneumoperitoneum, the anatomical site of perforation and the exact underlying pathology were documented. 29% of exploratory laparotomy cases were found to have pneumoperitoneum, mainly in the in the gastroduodenal region, inflammatory conditions as peptic ulcer disease or divert...Continue Reading

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