ASYMPTOMATIC PNEUMOPERITONEUM AFTER FIBER GASTROSCOPY

Authors
LOPEZBOADO MA RULL R BATALLER R GONZALEZ FX BORDA JM VISA J
Citation
Ma. Lopezboado et al., ASYMPTOMATIC PNEUMOPERITONEUM AFTER FIBER GASTROSCOPY, Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas, 88(5), 1996, pp. 365-367
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas → ACNP
ISSN journal
11300108
Volume
88
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
365 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
1130-0108(1996)88:5<365:APAFG>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A case of asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum after fibergastroscopic sclero sis of bleeding gastric erosions is presented. Air bubbles in gastric curvatures without evidence of macroscopic perforation were found at l aparotomy. We comment the etiologies of pneumoperitoneum without macro scopic perforation and suggest that the management of patients with as ymptomatic pneumoperitoneum with normal clinical examination and blood analysis might be conservative to avoid needless laparotomies.