A new clinical test in gastroduodenal perforation. |
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| Authors: | Y K Khanna A Khanna R R Heda G Mathur R N Jhanji |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Government AK Hospital, Beawar. |
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| Abstract: | Forty-nine cases of gastroduodenal perforation were subjected to new air insufflation test. The clinical and radiological criteria of air insufflation test were applied to every patient of this study. Forty-seven cases (95.9%) were positive to the new test whereas 2 negative cases turned out to be old sealing perforation. The new test is highly useful in preoperative detection of site of perforation in perforative peritonitis. |
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