PEDIATRICS Vol. 26 No. 2 August 1960, pp. 273-280
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PNEUMOPERITONEUM IN PREPARATION FOR CORRECTION OF A LARGE ABDOMINAL HERNIA IN AN INFANT

Bernard Pines M.D., F.A.C.S.1

1 Division of Pediatric Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics, Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, New York

The preoperative use of artificial pneumoperitoneum was found to be a valuable aid in the possible solution to the problem of definitive operative closure of massive ventral abdominal hernia in the young patient. The method of its use in a 22-month-old child is described in detail.

The rationale for the use of this procedure is discussed generally.