Abstract
Summary and Conclusion
1. Pneumoperitoneum produces (a) an intra-abdominal herniation of the lower end of the eosphagus (b) a ptosis of the stomach, liver, spleen and the root of the mesentery, displacing the first 3 structures from beneath the costal margin and therefore making them more accessible for surgical procedures. 2. Pneumoperitoneum employed in the dog, prior to total gastric resection, proved valuable. As a result of the intra abdominal herniation of the lower segment of the esophagus, the displacement of the cardia of the stomach to the level of the costal margin, and the mobility of the root of the mesentery, the stomach was readily resected and an esophagojejunostomy established.
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